And something--something hidden behind them--arose up like a menace and terrified her.
"I haven't forgotten," she whispered voicelessly.

"I couldn't forget.

But go on! Don't--don't mind telling me!" She was white to the lips.

All the blood in her body seemed concentrated at her heart.

It was beating in heavy, sickening throbs like the labouring of some clogged machinery.
He put his free hand on her shoulder with an abrupt movement that made him for the moment oddly familiar.