"Do you think you ought to touch him, do anything till the doctor comes ?" She did not look at him, and continued her pitiful ministration.

Heyton drew back from the bed, his eyes withdrawing themselves from his father's face slowly, as if fascinated.
"Has anything gone from the safe ?" he asked.
"I don't know, my lord.

I didn't wait to look," said Jenkins in a hushed voice.
Heyton went into the dressing-room and returned a moment later.
"If there was anything of value in the safe, it's gone," he said.

"Look here!--Here, you, Simcox, what the devil are you gaping there for, like a stuck pig; why don't you send for the police ?" Simcox turned to fly, and almost ran into Mrs.Dexter, who was followed by Celia.

Strangely enough Mrs.Dexter had been almost the last to hear of the calamity; a terrified servant had dashed into her room with the awful news.