She stood glancing in apprehension this way and that. She was utterly powerless. Flight never entered her head. Panic completely prevailed.
A moment later a man thrust his way into the clearing of the path.
"Hervey!"
His name broke from Nita in a world of relief. Then reaction set in.
"You—you scared me to death. Why didn't you speak, or—or something?"
Hervey Garstaing stood smilingly before her. His dark eyes hungrily devouring her flushed face and half-angry eyes.
"You wouldn't have me hollering your dandy name, with him only just clear of Ross's house? I'm not chasing trouble."
"Has Steve only just gone?"
"Sure. I waited for that before I came along."
The man moistened his lips. It was a curiously unpleasant operation. Then he came a step nearer.