She was like an inexperienced actress who, having at last taken up her position on the boards, and spoken her speeches, does not know how to move off.

The thought of Grammer occurred to her.

"I'll go at once and tell poor Grammer of your generosity," she said.

"It will relieve her at once." "Grammer's a nervous disease, too--how singular!" he answered, accompanying her to the door.

"One moment; look at this--it is something which may interest you." He had thrown open the door on the other side of the passage, and she saw a microscope on the table of the confronting room.