"She knelt, with arms outstretched, in supplication."
"In the name of God I would urge you to do so," she answered. "The safety of your soul depends upon it."
Once more Nikola turned away and paced the room.
"Are you aware that Sir Richard Hatteras was here on the same errand this afternoon?" he asked.
"I know it," she replied, though how she could have done so I could not conceive, nor have I been able to do so since.
"And does he know that you have come to me now asking me to forgive?"
"He knows it," she answered, as before. "He followed me here."
As she had never looked behind her, how had she known this also?