I dare say she has left that door unbarred for him many a time.

I should advise you to get a man to sleep in the house regularly; there are plenty of fellows who will be glad to do it for a shilling or two a week, and I do not think that it is safe for you to be here alone." An hour later he said to the Rector: "Now, Bastow, you had best go to bed.

I have taken the matter into my own hands, and will carry it through.

However, I won't have him taken away without your being present, and will call you when we want you.

Of course, if he will give a solemn promise not to molest you, and, even if he won't enlist, to leave this part of the country altogether, I shall let him off." "There is one thing, Mr.Thorndyke, that I have not told you," the Rector said hesitatingly.