Shall I tell it to you now, or wait?
The doctor is coming." She glanced from my face up into that of the approaching surgeon.

The hospital squad, at the nod of command, were bearing the body down the hall.
"Tell me now." "It will require but a moment, dear.

It was because this Charles Le Gaire had lived here that I asked for him as a guide.

He agreed to come as far as the end of the ravine only, as he did not wish to be recognized.

Then he disappeared, and, I supposed, returned to camp.
Instead, he evidently stole into the house.