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Oh, pray get up and go to the police office or somewhere with me."
"Very well; but wait till morning."
"No; now; now--now--now. I shall never go out of doors in the daytime
again. Wait? I'm going crazy with wait, wait, wait, wait, waiting."
Her hand was like fire on him, and her eyes supernaturally bright.
"There," said Edward with a groan, "go downstairs, and I will be with you
directly."
He came down: they went out together: her little burning hand pinched his
tight, and her swift foot seemed scarcely to touch the ground; she kept
him at his full stride till they got to the central police station.
There, at the very thought of facing men, the fiery innocent suddenly
shrank together, and covered her blushing face with her hot hands. She
sent him in alone. He found an intelligent superintendent, who entered
into the case with all the coolness of an old official hand.
Edward came out to his sister, and as he hurried her home, told her what
had passed: "The superintendent asked to see the letter; I told him he
had taken it with him: that was a pity, he said.


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