"These are extraordinary questions," she said, nervously.

"What do you mean ?" "Answer me," the nurse insisted.

"Have you heard of the Refuges?
Have you heard of the Women ?" "Yes." "Move your chair a little further away from me." She paused.

Her voice, without losing its steadiness, fell to its lowest tones.

"_I_ was once of those women," she said, quietly.
Grace sprang to her feet with a faint cry.