Indeed, it was so clever as to be decidedly repulsive.

I was going to say something when I saw that the letter which was in the same box had alarmed him so greatly that, for a second or two, I thought he would faint.

But he can be very strong and stern at times, and he recovered himself instantly, was quite vexed with me because I had examined the ivory skull, and forbade my going out until he had returned from the Home Office.

Tomlinson and the other men have orders not to admit any one to the house, no matter on what pretext, and I'm sure the letter and its nasty little token are bound up in some way with Mrs.Lester's death.

Won't you let me into the secret?
I shan't scream or do anything foolish, but I do think I am entitled to know what you know if it affects my father." A sudden change in the girl's voice warned Theydon of a restraint of which he had been unconscious hitherto.