"There's a knock at the door.
Please open it, Miss Grant." Celia did so.

Mrs.Dexter stood there.

She seemed very agitated.
"Will you please come upstairs, Miss Grant," she said; "and--and, yes, you two gentlemen.

Something strange, terrible, has happened." Without a word, Mr.Jacobs signed to Celia to lead the way, placing the packet in his pocket as she did so, and they followed her up to the Marquess's room.

He was lying back with his eyes closed; the doctor's hand was on his pulse.