Bane ushered us into it; but his mind was not with us. He brooded upon his contest with Cawder; and abruptly, without a word to us, he left us.
I pushed nearly shut the panel behind him. One hand sufficed for this; my other grasped, and was grasped by, her hand. I faced her and my arms went about her to try to combat the terror in her eyes and upon her lips.
