Directly I allowed myself to think of Felicia, I believed in her.
There were none of the arts of the adventuress about her methods, her glances, or her words.

She did not, for instance, in the least resemble the young lady with the turquoises, who had also been good enough to take an interest in me! I gave the whole thing up at last.

Perhaps by the morrow I should know more,--if, indeed, I thought, a little grimly, I knew anything! I could not help feeling that this little enterprise to which I had committed myself might turn out to be a serious affair.

Even Louis had not tried to minimize the risks.

I felt, however, that if it led me to any better understanding of the situation, I could welcome whatever danger it involved.
A little before six o'clock I turned to look at the weather, which had been threatening all day, meaning to take a stroll.