MeantimethevoiceandmuffledtappinghadbroughtthetremulousfingersofoldForsythtothedoor-latch。Heopenedthedoorpartly；aslightfigurethathadbeenlurkingintheshadowoftheporchpushedrapidlythroughtheopening。Therewasafaintoutcryquicklyhushed，andthedoorclosedagain。Theraysofasinglecandleshowedthetwooldpeoplehystericallyclaspingintheirarmsthefigurethathadentered——aslightbutvicious-lookingyoungfellowoffive-and-twenty。
\"There，d——nit!\"hesaidimpatiently，inavoicewhoserichdepthwaslikeJosephine\'s，butwhosequerulousactionwasthatofthetwooldpeoplebeforehim，\"letmego，andquitthat，Ididn\'tcomeheretobestrangled!Iwantsomemoney——money，youhear!
Devilishquick，too，forI\'vegottobeoffagainbeforedaylight。
Solooksharp，willyou?\"
\"But，Stevydear，whenyoudidn\'tcomethattimethreemonthsago，butwrotefromLosAngeles，yousaidyou\'dmadeastrikeatlast，and\"——