"Could we be alone, madame?" he asked her.
She waved the footman away, and the door closed. In agitated
silence, unquestioning, she waited for him to account for his
presence there at so extraordinary a time.
"Rougane could not return," he informed her shortly. "At M. de
Kercadiou's request, I come instead."
"You! You are sent to rescue us!" The note of amazement in her
voice was stronger than that of het relief.
"That, and to make your acquaintance, madame."
"To make my acquaintance? But what do you mean, Andre-Louis?"
"This letter from M. de Kercadiou will tell you." Intrigued by his
odd words and odder manner, she took the folded sheet. She broke
the seal with shaking hands, and with shaking hands approached the
written page to the light. Her eyes grew troubled as she read; the
shaking of her hands increased, and midway through that reading a
moan escaped her. One glance that was almost terror she darted at
the slim, straight man standing so incredibly impassive upon the
edge of the light, and then she endeavoured to read on.
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