OH, MR.

KENT, SAVE ME! In another moment an absolutely noiseless step was heard upon the stair.
A young girl entered, a girl, tall, willowy and beautiful, in the first burst, or just about the first burst, of womanhood.
It was Alice Delary.
She was dressed with extreme taste, but Kent's quick eye noted at once that she wore no hat.
"Mr.Kent," she cried, "you are Mr.Kent, are you not?
They told me that you were here.

Oh, Mr.Kent, help me, save me!" She seemed to shudder into herself a moment.

Her breath came and went quickly.
She reached out her two hands.
"Calm yourself, my dear young lady," said Kent, taking them.

"Don't let your breath come and go so much.