Her failing strength rallied in an instant, under the sudden relief of seeing him again.

She rose and advanced eagerly, with a faint tinge of color in her cheeks.

He looked up.

The two stood face to face together--alone.
"Geoffrey!" He looked at her without answering--without advancing a step, on his side.

There was an evil light in his eyes; his silence was the brute silence that threatens dumbly.