At last, as she moved, either the sound of her dress or the noise of the approaching wheels roused him. He looked up—started—sprang to his feet.
'Eleanor!—'
They met. Their eyes crossed. She shivered, for there were tears in his. But through that dimness there shone the fierce unspoken question that had leapt to them at the sight of his cousin—
'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?'
CHAPTER XXIII
Eleanor was the first to break the silence.
'You have had a long pilgrimage to find us,' she said quietly. 'Yet perhaps Torre Amiata might have occurred to you. It was you that praised it—that proposed to find quarters at the convent.'
He stared at her in amazement.
'Eleanor—in God's name!' he broke out violently, 'tell me what this all means! What has been the meaning of this mad—this extraordinary behaviour?'
She tottered a little and leant against the wall of the house.