Mrs.Burgoyne looked at her watch as he retired.
'Half past one,' she said in a reflective voice.

'By now they have made all arrangements.' 'They will be back by tea-time ?' 'Hardly,--but before dinner.

Poor Aunt Pattie! She will be half dead.' 'Was she disturbed last night ?' asked Lucy in a low voice.
'Just at the end.

Mercifully she heard nothing till Alice was safe in her room.' Then Eleanor's eyes dwelt broodingly on Lucy.

She had never yet questioned the girl as to her experiences.