Do you know my address?
Pear-tree Cottage, Rickstead Road.

I shall be very glad to see you if ever you care to call." Denzil made his acknowledgments, shook hands, and left the room.
When his step sounded in the hall, the housekeeper appeared and conducted him to the upper stories.

He examined everything attentively, but in silence; his features expressed grave thought.

Mr.and Mrs.
Hornibrook, he was told, were living in Guernsey, and had resolved to make that island their permanent abode.

A Polterham solicitor was their agent for the property.
Denzil was given to acting on the spur of the moment.