I see no object in asking you to remain longer." She rose unwillingly to her feet.

Her manner was sullen and unyielding.
"You are asking for the evil things," she warned him.
"Be assured," Dominey answered, "that if they come I shall know how to deal with them." Dominey found Rosamund and Doctor Harrison, who had walked over from the village, lingering on the terrace.

He welcomed the latter warmly.
"You are a godsend, Doctor," he declared.

"I have been obliged to leave my port untasted for want of a companion.

You will excuse us for a moment Rosamund ?" She nodded pleasantly, and the doctor followed his host into the dining-room and took his seat at the table where the dessert still remained.
"Old woman threatening mischief ?" the latter asked, with a keen glance from under his shaggy grey eyebrows.
"I think she means it," Dominey replied, as he filled his guest's glass.
"Personally," he went on, after a moment's pause, "the present situation is beginning to confirm an old suspicion of mine.