At present, however, I was taken aback by her evident rage, and considered it prudent to give heed to her admonition.

The unpacking was presently finished, and the scarlet in the Henniker's face had gradually toned down to its normal tint, when, turning to me, she silently motioned me to follow her.

I did so, along a long passage, in which there were at least two turnings.

At the end of this was a door leading into a room containing half a dozen beds.

Not a very cheerful room--long and low and badly lighted, with only two washstands, and a rather fusty flavour about the bedclothes.