Orlandostoodamoment，thenmovedtowardsthedoor。TheheavinessofhisstepsmoteuponOswald’searandcausedhimtoexclaim：”Forgiveme，Orlando。”Buttheothercuthimshortwithanimperative：”Thanksforyourcandour！Ifherspiritisdestinedtostandlikeanimmovableshadowbetweenyouandme，youdorighttowarnme。
Butthisinterviewmustendallallusiontothesubject。Iwillseekandfindanothermantosharemyfortunes；ashesaidthisheapproachedsuddenly，andtookhispapersfromtheother’shand
or-”Herehehastilyretracedhisstepstothedoorwhichhesoftlyopened。”Or”herepeated-ButthoughOswaldlistenedfortherest，itdidnotcome。Whilehewaited，theotherhadgivenhimonedeeplyconcentratedlookandpassedout。
Noheartfeltunderstandingwaspossiblebetweenthesetwomen。
Crossingthehall，OrlandoknockedatthedoorofDoris’littlesitting-room。