He had muttered the word half aloud and she suddenly opened her eyes. At first she seemed bewildered. Then she smiled and sat up.
“I have been asleep!” she exclaimed.
“A most unnecessary statement,” he answered, smiling. “I have been standing looking at you for five minutes at least.”
“How fortunate that I gave you the key!” she declared. “I don’t suppose I should ever have heard you. Now please stand there in the light and let me look at you.”
“Why?”
“I want to look at a man who has had supper with Mademoiselle Idiale.”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“Am I supposed to be a wanderer out of Paradise, then?”