When it cleared, Mona had come a step nearer to him, and then he saw her clearly.

He caught his breath as though Life had burst upon him with some staggering revelation.

If she had been a woman of genius, as in her way Kitty Tynan was, she would have spoken before he had a chance to do so.

Instead, she wished to see how he would greet her, to hear what he would say.

She was afraid of him now.