"What on earth is the matter with you, man ?" Morrison drew a quick breath.

Some part of the terror seemed to leave his face, but he was still an alarming-looking object.
Laverick quietly opened the door and laid his hand upon the girl's shoulder.
"Will you leave us alone ?" he asked.

"I will come and talk to you afterwards, if I may." She nodded understandingly, and passed out.

Laverick closed the door and came up to the bedside.
"What in the name of thunder has come over you, Morrison ?" he said.
"Are you ill, or what is it ?" Morrison opened his lips--opened them twice--without any sort of sound issuing.
"This is absurd!" Laverick exclaimed protestingly.

"I have been feeling worried myself, but there's nothing so terrifying in losing one's money, after all.