"Must I go and look for her?"
"No. I sent her to see if my picture was really safe. It is all you will have to remember me by. She will come and tell me directly."
"I do not want any picture of you, Cuckoo."
Another silence.
"I can't wait much longer," said Cuckoo below her breath; but he heard it. "Are you sure there is no one at the door, Arthur?"
"No one."
Silence again.
"Ask God to have pity on me," said Cuckoo faintly. "Isn't there some one coming in now?"
"No one."
"Ask God to have pity on us both," said Cuckoo again. "Pray so that I can hear."