That night I think that I went a little mad.
Your appearance, you see, was so unusual." She nodded.
"I must have been rather a shock to you," she admitted.
She watched him closely.

The fire in his eyes was not yet quenched.
"Yes!" he said, "you were a shock.

And the worst of it is--that you remain one!" "Ah!" "You mean to keep me at arm's length," he said slowly, "to tell me as little as possible, and get rid of me.

I am not sure that I am willing." She only raised her eyebrows.

She said nothing.
"You have told me nothing of the things I want to know," he cried passionately.