Anna the Adventuress

"Yes! I must! The thing is becoming a torture to me. I must!"

She threw open the door and pointed to it.

"My word holds," she said. "If you speak--farewell."

He stood quite silent for a moment, his eyes fixed upon her face.

Something he saw there had a curious effect upon him. He was suddenly

calm.

"I shall not speak," he said, "now or at any other time. Come!"

They went out together and he called a hansom. From the opposite

corner under the trees a man with his hat slouched over his eyes stood

and glowered at them.