"They are all leagued against me: they WILL kill me: they are only biding their time." Fear seized him, and he thought of flying that instant and leaving all; and he stole into his room and gathered his money together.

But only a half of it was there: in a few weeks all would have come in.

He had not the heart to go.

But that night Wood heard Hayes pause at HIS door, before he went to listen at Mrs.
Catherine's.

"What is the man thinking of ?" said Wood.