Too much trouble already had resulted from them.
"I must speak with you at once.

At once!" she urged him, her tone fearful.
"Are you in need of me ?" he asked concernedly.
"In very urgent need," said she.
"I thank God," he answered without flippancy.

"You shall find me at your service.

Tell me." "Not here; not here," she answered him.
"Where else ?" said he.

"Shall we walk ?" "No, no." Her repetitions marked the deep excitement that possessed her.
"I will go in with you." And she signed with her head towards the door from which he was barely emerged.
"'Twere scarce fitting," said he, for being confused and full of speculation on the score of her need, he had for the moment almost overlooked the relations in which they stood.