18/49 Now she said with a certain abruptness-- 'I suppose she forced your door ?' 'I suppose so .-- But I was asleep.' 'Were you terribly frightened when you found her there ?' As she spoke Eleanor said to herself that in all probability Lucy knew nothing of Manisty's discovery of the weapon in Alice's hand. While she was helping the girl to bed, Lucy, in her dazed and shivering submission, was true to her natural soberness and reserve. Instead of exaggerating, she had minimised what had happened. Miss Alice Manisty had come to her room,--had behaved strangely,--and Lucy, running to summon assistance, had roused Mr. No doubt she might have managed better, both then and in the afternoon. |