"Please don't telephone to Doctor Copin--you _mustn't_!" I said with
decision.
"Oh," she said, wide-eyed, coming to herself a little. "There's a
reason?"
"There's a good reason!" I exclaimed fervently.
She moved back, as if still opposing some force that was drawing her out
of the room, sat down limply, half rose again, reseated herself.
"Resist!" I said to her.
Leah looked on without a word, breathless, her lips open.