and he had seen that portrait of her , as hed told her , but hed found at the cathedral the afternoon before that the fine likeness hed seen in advance had been unable to manifest the exquisite energy her actual presence brought when she stepped into a room . a small bell rang when the door closed behind marcus . and blinked in astonishment at the sight that met her eyes . `` it sounds crazy , but it 's not . he said horrible things to me . '' 