He had come here to-day thinking to make an end of all his doubts, to force an avowal of the truth from those false lips.

And behold, a hand stronger than his held him back.

His interrogation must await the answer to that awful question--life or death.
The woman came in presently, bustling and out of breath.

She had found a very trustworthy person, recommended by Mr.Mew's assistant--a person who would come that evening without fail.
"It was all the way up at Islington, sir, and I paid the cabman three-and-six altogether, which he said it were his fare.

And how has the poor dear been while I was away ?" asked Mrs.Pratt, with her head on one side and an air of extreme solicitude.
"Very much as you see him now.