Besides, he had not a latch-key.

Well, Cuthbert, I reached Rose Cottage at half-past ten and let myself in.

I went downstairs quietly.

I found Aunt Selina seated in her chair near the fire with the cards on her lap, as though she had been playing 'Patience.' I saw that she was dead." "Why did you not give the alarm ?" Juliet hesitated.

"I thought it best not to," she said faintly.
It seemed to Mallow that she was keeping something back.