The fellow was perhaps capable of demanding more hush-money, of threatening the memory of the woman he had killed.

Quarrier hoped more earnestly than ever that the secret would not be betrayed; he scorned vulgar opinion, so far as it affected himself, but could not bear the thought of Lilian's grave being defiled by curiosity and reprobation.

The public proceedings had brought to light nothing whatever that seemed in conflict with medical evidence and the finding of the coroner's jury.

One dangerous witness had necessarily come forward--Mrs.Wade's servant; but the girl made no kind of allusion to Northway's visit--didn't, in her own mind, connect it with Mrs.Quarrier's behaviour.

She was merely asked to describe in what way the unfortunate lady had left the house.