It looks as if you didn't know why Festing left ?" Charnock said he could not guess, and got up abruptly when Sadie told him.

He kicked the newspaper out of his way and crossed the floor with angry strides.

His face was red when he stopped in front of his wife.
"You don't believe the lying tale!" "No," said Sadie, calmly.

"If I had believed it, I wouldn't have talked to you like this." "Thank you! Now we have cleared the ground, I'm certainly going to do something.

I'll begin by driving over to Wilkinson's to-morrow, and I'll take a whip." "Festing 'tended to that matter before he left, and making another circus won't help.