He felt that there was danger in it, and paused.

The pause seemed to suddenly create a new fury in the breast of Stephen.

She felt that Harold was playing with her.

Harold! If she could not trust him, where then was she to look for trust in the world?
If he was not frank with her, what then meant his early coming; his seeking her in the grove; his proposal of marriage, which seemed so sudden and so inopportune?
He must have seen Leonard, and by some means have become acquainted with her secret of shame.

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