And then in days to come she would think, perhaps,
of the young man on the other side of the globe, buried in the wet
rice-fields, with the palms fanning him through his eternal sleep,
and she might be sorry then that she had not listened to his troubled
heart. The picture gave him some small comfort, and that night when
he ordered dinner for them at the Savoy his manner showed the
inspired resolve of one who is soon to mount the scaffold unafraid,
and with a rose between his lips.
Edouard, the first violin, saw Miss Warriner when she entered and
took her place facing him at one of the tables in the centre of the
room. He was sitting with his violin on his knees, touching the
strings with his finger-tips. When he saw her he choked the neck of
the violin with his hand, as though it had been the hand of a friend
which he had grasped in a sudden ecstasy of delight. The effect her
appearance had made upon him was so remarkable that he glanced
quickly over his shoulder to see if he had betrayed himself by some
sign or gesture. But the other musicians were concerned with their
own gossip, and he felt free to turn again and from under his half-
closed eyelids to observe her covertly.
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