The more he thought, the more disturbed he felt, and every hour that
passed he seemed to feel more and more strongly the influence of her
gracious beauty, the horror of his suspicions of her.

The next day Clive came again, and again Ella seemed very pleased
to see him, and again Dunn, hanging about in their vicinity,
watched gloomily their friendly intercourse.

That Clive was in love with Ella seemed fairly certain; at any rate,
he showed himself strongly attracted by her, and very eager for
her company.

How she felt was more doubtful, though she made no concealment of
the fact that she liked to see him, and found pleasure in having
him there. Dunn, moving about near at hand, was aware of an odd
impression that she knew he was watching them, and that she wished
him to do so for several times he saw her glance in his direction.

He could always move with a most extraordinary lightness of foot,
so that, big and clumsy as he seemed in build, he could easily go
unheard and even unseen, and John Clive seemed to have little idea
that he remained so persistently near at hand.

This gift or power of Dunn's he had acquired in far-off lands, where
life may easily depend on the snapping of a twig or the right
interpretation of a trampled grass-blade, and he was using it now,
almost unconsciously, so as to make his presence near Ella and Clive
as unobtrusive as possible, when his keen eye caught sight of a bush,
of which leaves and branches were moving against the wind.