“Has anything happened? Has anyone disturbed you?”

“Yes⁠—just now⁠—Sir Percival⁠—”

“Did he come in?”

“No, he frightened me by a thump on the door outside. I said, ‘Who’s there?’ ‘You know,’ he answered. ‘Will you alter your mind, and tell me the rest? You shall! Sooner or later I’ll wring it out of you. You know where Anne Catherick is at this moment.’ ‘Indeed, indeed,’ I said, ‘I don’t.’ ‘You do!’ he called back. ‘I’ll crush your obstinacy⁠—mind that!⁠—I’ll wring it out of you!’ He went away with those words⁠—went away, Marian, hardly five minutes ago.”