He was a little man, very stout, his plain clothes always scrupulously neat.
A few minutes, and Nancy came in, the parcel left by Dan Duff in her hand.

The housekeeper asked her what it was.

She explained in her crusty way, and said something to the same effect that she had said in the laundry--that it was fine to be Rachel Frost.

"She's long enough making her way up here!" Nancy wound up with.
"Dan Duff says she left their shop to come home before he did.

If Luke Roy was in Deerham one would know what to think!" "Bah!" cried the housekeeper.