It seemed that to acknowledge her fear that the King had come and gone would establish the fact.
"No!" she cried.
"It is enough," he said nervously. "We do not well to talk of it. I came for another reason. Tell me; hast thou other shelter than this house?"
"No," she answered.
"Hast thou talked with this Philadelphus, here?" he asked after silence.
She assented with averted face.
"Is he that one who was with me in the hills?" he persisted.
Again she assented, with surprise.
His hands clenched and for a moment he struggled with his rage.
"This house is no place for you!" he declared at last.