The hall porter will show you." Wingate laid down the receiver, glanced for a moment at the clock, hurried to the door, pushed back and secured the latch.

Then he came back into the room and stood listening.
In the end she came quite suddenly.

The door had opened and closed before he heard even the swish of her skirts.

She stood there looking at him a little appealingly.

She was dressed in dark travelling clothes and she carried a heavy dressing case in her hand.