27/37 I may stay no longer." She rose, her agitation suddenly increasing, afraid that after all he would escape her. "Where are you going ?" she asked. "Answer me that, and I will tell you why I came." "I am to sup at Mr.Newlington's in His Majesty's company. Already I am late." "If I were to ask you not to go," she said slowly, and she held out her hands to him, her glance most piteous--and that was not acting--as she raised it to meet his own, "would you not stay to pleasure me ?" He considered her from under frowning eyes. |