Mrs.Thorpe is to spend the night with him." A moment later the door was opened and the woman passed in.

As he turned away Philip heard a low sobbing cry, a man's startled voice.

Then the door swung heavily on its hinges and there was silence.
Five minutes later Philip was bending again over the dead man.

A surprising transformation had come over him now.

His face was flushed and his strong teeth shone in sneering hatred as he covered the body with a blanket.