Eet is done." "Let's see Agnes.

Maybe she can tell us something." But the woman, her arms about Houston's neck, could only announce hysterically that she had seen the mill burning, that she had sought help and had failed to find it.
"Then you noticed no one around the place ?" "Only Ba'tiste." "But that was an hour or so before." The big French-Canadian had moved away, to stand in doleful contemplation of the charred mass.

The voice of Agnes Jierdon sank low: "I don't know, Barry.

I don't want to accuse--" "You don't mean--" "All I know is that I saw him leave the place and go over the hill.
Fifteen minutes later, I saw the mill burning and ran down there.

All about the place rags were burning and I could smell kerosene.