Then she'd go over to the window, lean out, and disappear, down into the black water!" In a calmer tone Pegler added: "The moat used to be much bigger and deeper than it is now, ma'am--so they all say." "All ?" said Miss Farrow sharply.

"Who do you mean by 'all' ?" "The people about the place, ma'am." "I can't help wishing, Pegler, that you hadn't told this strange story to the servants.

You see it makes it so awkward for Mr.Varick." Pegler flushed uncomfortably.

"I was that scared," she murmured, "that I felt I must tell somebody, and if you tell one, as I did, you tell all.
I'm sorry I did it, ma'am, for I'm afraid I've inconvenienced you." "It can't be helped," said Miss Farrow good-naturedly.

"I know you wouldn't have done it if you could have helped it, Pegler.