You remember the Countess--I would say, Miss Barren ?" "I have not so soon forgotten," answered Dunwody.

His commanding eyes still sought her face.

Beyond a slight bow and one upward glance, she did not display interest; yet in truth a sudden shiver of apprehension came into her heart.

This was a different sort of man she now must endeavor to handle.

What was it that his straight glance meant?
It was a singular situation in which these three found themselves.
That she had asked the aid of this new-comer was a fact known to all three of them.