Drake opened it and stood aside.
Clarice went out, called a hansom and drove home.

When she arrived there she ordered tea to be brought to the drawing-room and sat down and again read the article in the _Meteor_.

When the tea was brought, she ordered it to be taken into Sidney's study.

She walked restlessly about that room, as though she was trying to habituate herself to it.

A green shade lay upon the writing-table, which her husband was accustomed to wear over his eyes.