"I had no idea of it," I said, "and I am quite certain that we have not quarrelled."
Mrs. Van Reinberg looked as though she found my statement hard to believe.
"You had better go to your room," she suggested, "and see if there is not a note for you! She must have a reason for going. She would tell me nothing; but I took it for granted that you were connected with it."
"Not to my knowledge," I assured her. "If you will excuse me, I will go and see if she has left any message."
I hurried up to my room. There was a note upon my dressing-table. I tore it hastily open. A few lines only, hastily scribbled in pencil:—
"DEAR!
"Everything is changed since the news I told you of this evening. We must separate at once, and keep apart. Remember you have only five days. If you remain in America longer than that, your life is not safe.
"For my sake, go home! For my sake, also, burn this directly you have read it."