I rose softly from the bed and bolted both doors.

If Louis were to make up his mind to return, it was better, after all, for him to discover that I had been deceiving him than to have him come upon me unawares! From the top of a chair I was easily able to see through the transept into the sitting-room.

At my first glance I thought that it was empty.

Then, however, I saw Louis come in from the outer hall, as though from the door of Felicia's room.

He came into the centre of the sitting-room and stood there waiting.