She held out her hand frankly, and he took it and kept it a moment, while their eyes met, and he spoke more gently.
"I said too much. I am sorry. I shall forgive you when I do not love you any more. Good-bye."
He let her hand fall and looked away.
"Thank you," she said.
She left his side and went towards the door, her head a little bent. As she laid her hand upon the handle, and looked back at Guido once again, it turned in her fingers and was drawn quickly away from them. She started and turned her head to see who was there.
Lamberti stood before her, and immediately pushed her back into the room and shut the door, visibly disturbed.
"This way!" he said quickly, in an undertone.
He led her swiftly to another door, which he opened for her and closed as soon as she had passed.
"Wait for me there!" he said, as she went in.
"What is the matter?" asked Guido rather faintly, when he realised what his friend had done.