It had been easy to steal. ” “Is it necessary to send for the police?” Anna asked. ‘This is altogether insupportable!’ She dug a hand into the recesses of the petticoat of her riding habit and a moment later Gerald found himself once again confronting the barrel of her overlarge and tarnished pistol. I will never consent till I see him. A hollow feeling opened up inside her, and she felt her heartbeat quicken.