Two on a Tower

'They shall await your time.' 'I have a special reason for wishing them not to see me here. If you ask

why, I can tell you. They mistakenly suspect my interest to be less in

astronomy than in the astronomer, and they must have no showing for such

a wild notion. What can you do to keep them out?' 'I'll lock the door,' said Swithin. 'They will then think I am away.' He

ran down the staircase, and she could hear him hastily turning the key.

Lady Constantine sighed.

'What weakness, what weakness!' she said to herself. 'That envied power

of self-control, where is it? That power of concealment which a woman

should have--where? To run such risks, to come here alone,--oh, if it

were known! But I was always so,--always!' She jumped up, and followed him downstairs.