She gave a low sobbing cry of joy and fear, and stayed where she had entered; and he strode forward and took her in his arms. He held her for a long moment, bending to her, his lips pressed to hers, till she drew back her face suddenly and looked at him.
"Do you know? Has Nina told you?"
"I knew three weeks ago."
"Did she wire?"
"Nobody wired."
"Why have you come, then?"
"You sent for me."
"Oh no, no. It wasn't I. I couldn't. How could you think I would?"
"Why couldn't you?"
"It would have been," she said, "a dreadful thing to do."