Ah, do give me a cigarette! I finished my last this morning." And then Olga's eyes were opened, and she knew the reason of this man's ascendancy over her friend.

The certainty went through her like the stab of a sword, and hard upon it came the realization that to desert Violet at that moment would be an act of treachery.

So strong was the conviction that she did not dare to question it.

It was as if a voice had spoken in her soul, and blindly she obeyed.
"I will come too," she said.
Violet beamed upon her instantly.

"Well done, Allegro! I thought you couldn't be so unkind as to stay behind when I wanted you." "A woman's second thoughts are always best," observed Hunt-Goring.
She looked him straight in the eyes.