We don't know now that the will really exists, and I would much rather go on thinking that there is a doubt about it." "Very well, then; go on so, Eleanor.

You need ask no questions of me, and I shall tell you nothing.

Only remember, if I die before you don't part with the _pailliasse_ on my bed." Mrs.Conway thought a good deal during the day about the events of the night before, and determined to be more cautious than ever in her operations; for she thought it probable that Miss Penfold would be even more wakeful and suspicious than before.

She would have left the search alone for a few days had it not been for the idea that had taken her from her bed the night before.

It had struck her then as possible that the spring opening the secret closet might be in the chimney behind it, and that it was necessary to touch this from the outside before opening the door of the secret room.
She was convinced that had there been a spring in the room itself she must have discovered it, but it never before struck her that it might be at the back of the closet.