When will they come to their home ?" "Well, the best thing you can do is to wait here until you see them again." As Jack made this remark he took a quick step forward and picked up the revolver.

He did not pause to examine it, but was sure that none of the chambers had been discharged.

Slipping the weapon into his coat pocket, and still grasping his own, he said: "I think I shall go out on the veranda and await the return of the doctor." As he made this remark he committed a mistake for which there was no excuse.

Instead of backing out of the room he turned about and started through the open door into the hall.

The walking cane against which he had once struck his foot still lay where he had kicked it, and he tripped over it a second time.