Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad

CHAPTER III

Mills got up and approached the figure at the window. To my
extreme surprise, Mr. Blunt, after a moment of obviously painful
hesitation, hastened out after the man with the white hair.

In consequence of these movements I was left to myself and I began
to be uncomfortably conscious of it when Dona Rita, near the
window, addressed me in a raised voice.