"Then I will not hear it."
"There may be trouble."
"I have my laws."
The girl left the room, evidently not satisfied.
Presently there was a shuffling of aged feet in the big, bare outside hall. Helka turned, and her eyes flashed angrily.
"Go behind the screen," she said to Cora. "If she wants to see you, she must have my permission."
At that the door opened, and the old gypsy woman entered.
"I told you not to come," said Helka.
"But I had to. It is——"
She stopped and looked over the room carefully.