Her hand trembled nervously and for an instant her lip quivered in a way that set Howland's heart pounding tumultuously within him.

"I am a stranger, too," she added.

"I have never been in this place before.

I came because--" She stopped, and the catching breath in her throat was almost a sob as she looked at Howland.

He knew that it took an effort for her to write the next words.
"I came because you came." "Why ?" he asked.