He stood talking to Antoinette for a moment or two.

She shook her head, and he turned impatiently away.

She left the window.

The door sounded again, and Black Michael closed the shutters.
"De Gautet, De Gautet, man!" sounded from the drawbridge.

"Unless you want a bath before your bed, come along!" It was Rupert's voice, coming from the end of the drawbridge.