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In the dim light Ailsa watched the swaying bodies as they struggled to and fro, with a spasm of terror at her heart. She could see that the man she knew as John Stern was in deadly earnest, that he was prepared to go to any length to prevent Thomas from uttering the words which had risen to his lips.
But Ailsa checked the cry that struggled for utterance. She could not resist the vague feeling that here was a man who was fighting her battle for her. And, again, she was not blind to the knowledge that the presence of Thomas at this particular moment, was little less than a catastrophe. If only he succeeded in reaching his wife's bedroom, goodness only knew the mischief he might accomplish.