Mrs.Margery broke down.

The woman you saw is incapable.
Harry has been delirious--and asking for you--half the time." Seaforth looked at his companion as he spoke, and the girl met his gaze directly.

There was no room for anything but frankness at such a time.
"Ah," she said simply.

"I am glad I came." Seaforth's eyes seemed to grow a little misty, and Alice Deringham, who suddenly looked aside, wondered whether it was only the effect of weariness.

Whatever he felt, he, however, quietly poured something into a cup and handed it to her.