It was borne in upon her suddenly that she could not meet them or speak with them, and she ran very quickly round the house to the front door, and escaped unaccosted to her room.
In the library Hine turned to Garratt Skinner with one of his rare flashes of shrewdness.
"She didn't want to meet us," he said, jealously.

"Do you think she cares for him ?" "I think," replied Garratt Skinner with a smile, "that Captain Chayne will not trouble us with his company again.".