Till then it's to be just as it was before--only not less.

You are not to stay away'; and without waiting for an answer she lifted the trap, gave the cabman his order, and drove off.

Drake watched the hansom disappear, and absently retraced his steps down the street.

He stopped once or twice and stared vaguely into the shop-windows.

One of these was a jeweller's, and he turned sharply away from it and quickened his pace towards the fencing-rooms.