Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"Well," I said at last, rather amused by this mental hesitation. I
never took it for anything else. I was sure it was not distrust.
She appreciated men and things and events solely in relation to
Dona Rita's welfare and safety. And as to that I believed myself
above suspicion. At last she spoke.


"Madame is not happy." This information was given to me not
emotionally but as it were officially. It hadn't even a tone of
warning. A mere statement. Without waiting to see the effect she
opened the dining-room door, not to announce my name in the usual
way but to go in and shut it behind her. In that short moment I
heard no voices inside. Not a sound reached me while the door
remained shut; but in a few seconds it came open again and Rose
stood aside to let me pass.

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