“What do you want?” she demanded, gripping the back of a chair.
“Your husband, Madam,” answered M. Muys.
“You cannot see him.”
“Madam, we must.”
“He is ill——”
“The business is important.”
“Mynheer, it is impossible——”
Captain Hoogewerf interposed—
“Madam, do you hear that noise outside?”
“Yes—yes.”