It was the same again to-day.

You and Ethne in the room, I alone upon the terrace.

I wonder whether it will always be so.

But you will not say--you will not say." She struck her hands together with a gesture of despair, but Durrance had no words for her.

He walked silently along the garden path towards the stile, and he quickened his pace a little, so that Mrs.Adair had to walk fast to keep up with him.
That quickening of the pace was a sort of answer, but Mrs.Adair was not deterred by it.