She noted the look, and glanced interrogatively at Miss Trelawny, who flashed back a reply with a glance.

She went quietly from the room, closing the door behind her.
Mr.Corbeck looked first at me, with a strong man's natural impulse to learn from a man rather than a woman; then at Miss Trelawny, with a remembrance of the duty of courtesy, and said: "Tell me all about it.

How it began and when!" Miss Trelawny looked at me appeallingly; and forthwith I told him all that I knew.

He seemed to make no motion during the whole time; but insensibly the bronze face became steel.

When, at the end, I told him of Mr.Marvin's visit and of the Power of Attorney, his look began to brighten.