CHAPTER X. Earles glanced at it, and his eyes flashed
with anger. ‘Damnation! Too late. Was
there anything at all in those locked rooms of her aunt’s mind? Were they fully
furnished and only a little dusty and cobwebby and in need of an airing, or were
they stark vacancy except, perhaps, for a cockroach or so or the gnawing of a
rat? What was the mental equivalent of a rat’s gnawing? The image was going
astray. “Montague Hill, the man who was found lying wounded in Bucknall Mansions
late on Wednesday night in the rooms of a well-known artiste, has recovered
sufficiently to make a statement to the police. ”
“You cannot play at hide-and-seek with this creature all your life,” he answered. . Stop it. Besides, my husband has shares in Sir John’s company. ’
‘Like your father,’ Gerald put in deliberately. ”
She shook her head. "It is," replied Sheppard. "
"The very idea is dreadful," whimpered Edgeworth Bess. ”
“I forgive you willingly,” Anna said, bending over him.
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