She rushed across the room, she burst open the door, and there was Kitty, lying half fainting on the floor.
Gavon Keith and Katherine laid her on the bed.
"I must speak to you, Gavon," said the girl. "No, I am not quite fainting. I must speak to you.—Stay if you like, Katheriue, stay if you like, but I must speak to him."
"I will go into the other room," said Katherine.
She went away at once, leaving the door between the two rooms slightly ajar.
"Sit there, Gavon," said Kitty. "Oh, you may be just as shocked as ever you like, but I listened. Is it true what you said in so low a whisper?"
"All I said is true, Kitty."
"And Major Strause is—"
Kitty could not form the next word. Keith was silent for a moment.
"I will tell you about Major Strause," he said then.