observed that she did not lock it. She passed him. He did not even follow her with his eyes, for his eyes were fixed on the door, which did not open again.
When the passage was once more deserted, he crossed it, opened the door of the dressing-room, went in and shut the door.
He found himself in absolute darkness. The gas had been turned out.
“There is someone here!” said Raoul, with his back against the closed door, in a quivering voice. “What are you hiding for?”
All was darkness and silence. Raoul heard only the sound of his own breathing. He quite failed to see that the indiscretion of his conduct was exceeding all bounds.
“You shan’t leave this until I let you!” he exclaimed.
“If you don’t answer, you are a coward! But I’ll expose you!”