Can I see Juanita ?" And he laughed quietly as he looked at his sister.
"Yes, I suppose so." He nodded his thanks.
"And, Dolores, listen!" he said.

"Let me see her alone.

It may save complications in the future.

You understand ?" Sor Teresa turned in the doorway and looked at him.
He could not see the expression of her eyes, which were in deep shadow, and she left him wondering whether she had understood or not.
It would seem that Sor Teresa, despite her slow dignity of manner, was a quick person.

For in a few moments the door of the waiting-room was again opened and a young girl hastened breathlessly in.