I took care not to make him see that I in the least objected, and for several reasons.

I wanted to oblige him; I did not wish him to think me a coward; I was filled with curiosity; and it was too late for me to draw back, even had I determined to do so.

That I had not had these scruples sooner was because my curiosity had quite got the better of me.

I might also urge that I was helping to save the life of a woman, and even a lawyer may do that conscientiously.
We returned along the gallery.

On reaching the door of Mademoiselle Stangerson's apartment, it opened from a push given by the steward who was waiting at the dinner-table.