It was only a question of time but it would be better, for every reason, if she arrived at the conclusion at once.
He rose from his chair with a quiet smile as she entered the room.

So she had come! He had not relied upon his knowledge of a woman's temperament in vain.
She was very pale.

The extra whiteness showed even on her gardenia skin, and her great eyes gleamed sullenly from beneath her lowering brows of ink.
"If the terms are for the certain happiness of Mirko I consent," she said..