Ellen gave a cry of horror.

The woman must surely be dead, or why should he have taken such pains to cover her face?
He brought his burden down the ladder very carefully, and gave the lifeless figure into Ellen's arms.
"Help me to carry her away yonder, while Robert gets the cart ready," he said to his daughter; "she's fainted." And then he added in a whisper, "For God's sake, don't let any one see her face! it's Mrs.Holbrook.".