Can you go upstairs alone, or shall I call Mrs.
Mason ?" "Oh, yes! I can go alone; I am not ill, only frightened and sick.

This is not the worst," she shivered.

"There are two men up--up--with papa." "Up with papa." Mr.Carlyle was puzzled.

He saw that she was shaking from head to foot, as she stood before him.
"I cannot understand it, and it terrifies me," she continued, attempting an explanation.

"They are sitting in the room, close to him: they have taken him, they say." A blank, thunderstruck pause.