"He has much to think about.
And you are alone." "Yes, quite alone.

And with very little to think about." "You know what I mean, Mr.Holt.Possibly you can not understand me, or won't try.

But I'm going into a new country, and I have a passionate desire to learn as much about that country as I can before I get there.
I want to know about many things.

For instance--" "Yes." "Why did you say what you did about John Graham?
What did the other man mean when he said he should be hung ?" There was an intense directness in her question which for a moment astonished him.

She had withdrawn her fingers from his arm, and her slim figure seemed possessed of a sudden throbbing suspense as she waited for an answer.