8/15 We have some early callers, I see." The butler was moving towards them, followed by two men in hunting-clothes. His eyes seemed to pass through the man in pink, who was approaching with outstretched hand, and to be fastened upon the face of his companion. It chanced that Brooks, who had stepped a little on one side, was watching his host, and for the second time in one day he saw things which amazed him. His expression seemed frozen on to his face--something underneath seemed struggling for expression. In a second it had all passed away. |