"No adventures, to speak of, on the way, and no reason to think I've been spotted.

Anyway, here I am; and here is something which will put an end to your anxiety." And I tapped the breast of my coat, meaningly.
"Thank God!" breathed Maxine, with a thrilling note in her voice which would have done her great credit on the stage, though I am sure she was never further in her life from the thought of acting.

"After all I've suffered, it seems too good to be true.

Give it to me, quick, Ivor, and let me go." "I will," I said.

"But you might seem to take just a little more interest in me, even if you don't really feel it, you know.