"It does not seem quite probable," she said, walking away towards the mirror.
"I thought that I saw you there only a few minutes since," he said.
Elizabeth was busy lighting a candle; after she had succeeded, she replied:
"If you had seen me in the grounds would it have been so very singular."
"No; only as I left you lying down——"
She interrupted him with an impatient gesture.
"I am tired of this," she said passionately. "What is it you wish to know—what do you suspect?"
"Nothing, Elizabeth; I only thought it was foolish if not dangerous to go out on such a night."
He was ashamed of himself now, but she did not offer to help him in his dilemma. She stood silent and still, as if waiting for him to leave the room.
"We will wait tea for you," he said.