Light shone through the pink curtains of the drawing-room, showing that the widow had not yet retired.

In a few minutes the lovers were at the gate and promptly entered.

It was then that one of those odd things happened which would argue that some people are possessed of a sixth sense.
Archie closed the gate after him, and, glancing right and left, walked up the snowy path with Lucy.

To the right was a leafless arbor, also powdered with snow, and against the white bulked a dark form something like a coffin.

Hope out of curiosity went up to it.
"What the deuce is this ?" he asked himself; then raised his voice in loud surprise.