[A slight gentleman ambled and paced in front of a child.]
["Now we will have that letter, if you please."]
[I saw a man had come to a stand before the door.]
[The place was nothing more than a concealed cupboard.]
[And turning from me, he began to pace the room, his hands clasped behind him.]
[She came a step nearer to me, and peered at me.]
[Sir John ... stared at me a moment.]
[She listened in silence, standing over me with something of the severity of a judge.]
[He shut himself in with his trouble.]
[I stood there at last ... the faces at the table all turned towards me.]