7/57 Keziah peered from the window. "Here comes Elkanah and he's got storm signals set, by the looks. He's comin' after you, Mr.Ellery." "Very well," was the calm reply; "let him come." "What are you goin' to say to him ?" "Nothing, except that I did what I considered right at the time. Show him into the study, Mrs.Coffin, please." Captain Daniels marched to the dining-room door, his gold-headed cane marking time like a drumbeat. He nodded curtly to Keziah, who answered the knock, and stepped across the threshold. |