`` Miss LeMar wants you at once , '' she said hoarsely . `` At once -- you are to come at once ! '' `` Has anything happened to her ? '' cried Spencer savagely . `` Is she ill -- is she -- what is the matter ? '' `` No , she is not ill . But she wants you . Come at once . '' He started off bareheaded . Estella followed him up the road breathlessly . Surely it was the strangest walk ever a girl had , she told herself with mirthless laughter . She pushed the key into his hand at the porch . `` She 's in the parlour , '' she said wildly . `` Go in and look at her , Spencer . '' Spencer snatched the key and fitted it into the door . He was full of fear . Had Estella gone out of her mind ? Had she done anything to Vivienne ? Had she -- As he entered , the actress reeled to her feet and came to meet him . He stood and gazed at her stupidly .
This could not be Vivienne , this creature reeking XXXXX brandy , uttering such foolish words !
As At LeMar Vivienne in into of parlour to with