"You will not be compromised in any sort or kind of way; your self-respect shall not suffer; nothing shall vex or trouble you, if I can help it, while you remain at this hotel.

And this I guarantee--whether you like it or not--unless you tell them, not a single soul in the place shall have the faintest inkling as to who you are.

Now, only keep your why and wherefore till to-morrow," he concluded cheerily, "and I can promise you almost every satisfaction.

But here we are at the hotel." He thrust his umbrella outside, pointing to a portico and courtyard on the right; and in another moment Rachel was receiving the bows of powdered footmen in crimson plush, while Steel, hat in hand, his white hair gleaming in the electric light, led the way to the lift.
Rachel's recollection of that night was ever afterwards disjointed and involved as that of any dream; but there were certain features that she never forgot.

There was the beautiful suite of rooms, filled with flowers that must have cost a small fortune at that time of year, and in one of them a table tastefully laid.