‘Silence, if you please, madame. I have made you a promise which I
shall know how to keep. In the meantime it is clear that we have
nothing more to say to one another, and that the sooner you are out
of this building the better it will be for all parties.’
Madame Humbert rose, gave me a glance in which curiosity, respect,
and apprehension were strangely mingled, and quitted my presence
without venturing to say another word.