He thought it best not to make too much of the incident; but asked solicitously if he might give her some brandy.
Mrs.Bates remarked that she was "not so bad as that," rose valiantly, and went on with her work.

Her employer, who had gone into the garden again, saw out of the tail of his eye that she vanished with a half-laden tray.

In a couple of minutes the daughter appeared, and finished the slight task of clearing the table; meanwhile, Grant kept away from the small window.

Being a young man who cultivated the habit of observation, he noticed that Minnie, too, cast scared glances at the window.

When the girl had finally quitted the room, he laughed in a puzzled way.
"Am I dreaming, or are there visions about ?" he murmured.
Urged, seemingly, by a sort of curiosity, he surveyed the room a second time through the same pane of glass.