“She refused to see any one.”

“Very true, but I am no blunderer, and I went about it in a way that won.”

“I hope you will not blunder when it comes to my rescue.”

“That is why I have come to see you.”

“Well?”

“I have come to tell you that I do not intend to rescue you, or even make the attempt,” was the cool reply of the woman.

The man started visibly at her words. He gazed at her with a look which seemed to pierce to her very soul.

“Do you mean what you say?”

“I do.”

“You do not intend to attempt my rescue?”