"Do you care—otherwise?"
"I care—as a friend, naturally——"
"Otherwise still?"
"No!"
"No," she said, nervously.
She sat breathing faster and more irregularly, watching him. He looked up and smiled at her, rested so, a moment, then rose to take his leave.
She stretched out one arm toward the electric bell, but her fingers seemed to miss it, and remained resting against the silk-hung wall.
"Are you going?" she asked.
"Yes."