With flushed cheeks she watched him go slowly down the stairway, and
there were tears glistening within those dark eyes as she drew back
into the room and locked the door. A moment she remained looking at
her reflected face in the little mirror, her fingers clinched as if in
pain.
"Oh, why does n't he go away without my having to tell him?" she cried,
unconsciously aloud. "I--I thought he surely would, this time."