No fool that! She had only an hour, and she made the most of it, and got off, no doubt, while we were at dinner, by the 8.2 London train, which is the last to-night; and after the telegraph office was closed, too! She knew nothing could be done till to-morrow.

She has more wit than I gave her credit for." "I distrusted her before, though I had no reason for it, but I never thought she was gone," said Evelyn, trembling violently, and still looking round the room.
"I knew it," said Charles, "from the moment I saw the light through the key-hole.

A key-hole with a key in it would not have shown half the amount of light through it; and a locked door without a key in it is safe to have been locked _from the outside_.

Had she a maid with her ?" "No," replied Evelyn, "she used to come to me next door when she wanted help--but not often--because I think she knew I did not like her, though I tried not to show it." "Well, we have seen the last of her, or I am much mistaken," said Charles.

"And now," he added, compressing his lips, "I suppose I must go and tell Ralph." "Oh, Ralph! Ralph!" gasped Evelyn, with a sudden sob; "and he was so fond of her!" "And so you distrusted her before, Evelyn?
And why did you not mention that fact a little sooner ?" "Without any reason for it?
And when Ralph--Oh, I couldn't! I couldn't!" said the girl, crimsoning.
Charles gazed intently at her as she turned away, pressing her hands tightly together, and evidently struggling with some sudden emotion for which there really was no apparent reason.