A roll of unfolded notes done up in a wrapper fell out of it.

She disengaged the letter and began reading it at the end.

" Preparations shall be made for your arrival here...I attach particular significance to compliance..." she read.

She ran on, then back, read it all through, and once more read the letter all through again from the beginning.

When she had finished, she felt that she was cold all over, and that a fearful calamity, such as she had not expected, had burst upon her.