"You certainly haven't much time to go anywhere, have you ?" "No," replied Thresk, and Mrs.Carruthers saw his face quicken suddenly to surprise.

He actually caught his breath; he stared, no longer aware of her presence in the room.

He was looking over her head towards the grand piano which stood behind her chair; and she began to run over in her mind the various ornaments which encumbered it.

A piece of Indian drapery covered the top and on the drapery stood a little group of Dresden China figures, a crystal cigarette-box, some knick-knacks and half-a-dozen photographs in silver frames.

It must be one of those photographs, she decided, which had caught his eye, which had done more than catch his eye.