She had placed her finger squarely on my perplexity, for this was indeed the great problem that I had to solve--what should I do with her? Not to-morrow, nor the day after, but now--to-night. The question had occurred to me a dozen times, but I had put it aside, trusting its solution to the moment when it could be no longer postponed. I hesitated so long that both of the women sat staring at me. "You have not answered my question," said Jane Ryder, "and it is important that I should know."