A blackbird, evidently attracted by Mrs.
Godfrey's clear, resonant voice, had perched on the stone parapet beside them and watched them in bright-eyed curiosity.

Then, as Malcolm moved his arm, it flew off, with clucking notes of warning, to rejoin its mate.
"I am rather troubled to hear you say this," began Malcolm.

"Will you tell me all you know about these people ?" "That is just the difficulty," returned Mrs.Godfrey slowly.

"No one seems to know much about them.

Even Mrs.Sinclair, who has taken them up so lately, knows scarcely anything of their antecedents.