"It's only--I should be so glad if you wouldn't mention anything
about my coming to see you that night in Gower Place."

"I won't speak of it."

"Quite sure?"

"You may depend upon me. Would you rather she didn't know that I
have seen you at all?"

"Oh, there's no harm in that. I should be sure to let it out. I
shall say we met by chance somewhere."

"Very well. I feel tempted to ask a promise iii return."

Patty stood with her hands behind her, eyes wide and lips slightly
apart.

"It is this," he continued, lowering his voice. "If ever you should
begin to feel anxious again about her will you let me know?"

Her reply was delayed; it came at length in the form of an
embarrassed nod. Thereupon Hilliard pressed her hand and departed.

He knew the day on which Eve would arrive in London; from morning to
night a feverish unrest drove him about the streets. On the morrow
he was scarcely more at ease, and for several days he lived totally
without occupation, save in his harassing thoughts. He paced and
repaced the length of Holborn, wondering where it was that Eve had