Eve moved a few steps, but he did not follow her, and she returned.
A policeman passing threw a glance at them.

"It's no use asking what I meant to ask," she said, with her eyes on
the ground. "You won't grant it me."

"How can I say till I know what it is? There are not many things in
my power that I wouldn't do for you."

"I was going to ask for money."

"Money? Why, it depends what you are going to do with it. If it will
do you any good, all the money I have is yours, as you know well
enough. But I must understand why you want it."

"I can't tell you that. I don't want you to give me money--only to
lend it. You shall have it back again, though I can't promise the
exact time. If you hadn't changed so, I should have found it easy
enough to ask. Hut I don't know you to-night; it's like talking to a
stranger. What has happened to make you so different?"

"I have been waiting a long time for you, that's all," Hilliard
replied, endeavouring to use the tone of frank friendliness in which
he had been wont to address her. "I got nervous and irritable. I
felt uneasy about you. It's all right now: Let us walk on a little.
You want money. Well, I have three hundred pounds and more. Call it
mine, call it yours. But I must know that you're not going to do
anything foolish. Of course, you don't tell me everything; I have no
right to expect it. You haven't misled me; I knew from the first