Well, then, ma'am, as you know, I came and undressed you, and I asked you if you'd like the door kept open between our two rooms.

But you said no, ma'am, you'd rather it was shut.

So then I went to bed." "And you say--you admit, Pegler--that nothing _did_ happen the night before last ?" Pegler hesitated.

"Nothing happened exactly," she said.

"But I had the most awful feeling, ma'am.