Yet he thought it best to be on his guard.
Speaking very slowly, he told him to tell the house-keeper that he wanted to see her, and then to go to the frame-maker and ask him to send two of his men round at once.

It seemed to him that as the man left the room his eyes wandered in the direction of the screen.

Or was that merely his own fancy?
After a few moments, in her black silk dress, with old-fashioned thread mittens on her wrinkled hands, Mrs.Leaf bustled into the library.

He asked her for the key of the schoolroom.
"The old schoolroom, Mr.Dorian ?" she exclaimed.

"Why, it is full of dust.