Jack stopped directly and waited, looking round at the stairs.
"Where is the other person who came here with Mrs.Wagner ?" the widow asked.

"A man with an odd English name.

Do you know, Minna, if they have found a room for him ?" She reached the lower stair as she spoke--advanced along the corridor--and discovered Jack Straw.

In an instant, her languid indifferent manner disappeared.

Her eyes opened wildly under their heavy lids.