[The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Loudwater Mystery CHAPTER V 7/28
You would like to be on the spot.
Come along, girls.
Wilkins, and you, Holloway, get on with your work as quickly as you can," said Mrs.Carruthers, driving her flock before her towards the servants' quarters. "Thank you.
And will you see that no one wakes Lady Loudwater before her usual hour, or tells her what has happened? I will tell her myself and try to break the news with as little of a shock as possible," said Mr.Manley. "Twitcher hasn't bin downstairs yet.
She doesn't know anything about it," said one of the maids. "Send her straight to me--to the terrace when she does come down," said Mr.Manley, walking towards the hall door. He felt that after the sight of the dead man's face the fresh morning air would do him good. There came a sudden burst of excited chatter from the women as they passed beyond the door into the back of the Castle.
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