He drew the bolt.
"Wait here," she said quietly.

"I wish to see Dona Dolores alone." "Her ladyship is in the farther room, Excellency," said the servant, bowing and standing back.
She entered and closed the door, and Eudaldo returned to his big chair, to doze until she should come out.
She had not taken two steps in the dim room, when a shadow flitted between her and the lamp, and it was almost instantly extinguished.

She uttered an exclamation of surprise and stood still.

Anywhere save in Mendoza's house, she would have run back and tried to open the door as quickly as possible, in fear of her life, for she had many enemies, and was constantly on her guard.

But she guessed that the shadowy figure she had seen was Dolores.