It was only by a resolute effort that she released herself.
"Leave me!" she said, faintly.

"Pray leave me by myself!" She was in earnest--strangely in earnest.

She was trembling from head to foot.

Horace rose to leave her.

"I will find Lady Janet," he said; "I long to show the dear old lady that I have recovered my spirits, and to tell her why." He turned round at the library door.