She had not regained control of herself when Charter entered the room
but she turned and faced him with something as near a greeting as she
was able to achieve. It was almost a shock to her to see him looking
so splendidly well and strong and fearless after that other look that
haunted her in the eyes of the man she had married.
"I thought Belhaven was here," he said abruptly. "I told him I was
coming but your man says he's gone over to Astry's already."
"Johnstone came for him," she managed to say. "I--aren't you going too?"
"I suppose I've got to. I promised because I thought I'd see you there.
I didn't want to come here; you see, I've told him."