He drank more than he needed, and afterwards fell asleep in a lane, and woke to new wretchedness.
As he entered the house and was about to ascend the stairs, a voice called to him.

It was Mrs.Hannaford's; she bade him come to her in the drawing-room.

Reluctantly he moved thither.

The lady was sitting idle and alone; she looked at him for a moment without speaking, then beckoned him forward.
"Your brother has been here," she said, in a low voice not quite her own.
"Daniel ?" "Yes.

He called very soon after you had gone out.