"Tell me who it is--Lionel." She very rarely called Varick "Lionel." He wheeled round with a startled look.

"There's no one here," he answered, "but Dr.Panton and myself." "Oh yes, there is." Bubbles spoke very positively.

"There's a woman here.

I can see her quite distinctly in the firelight.

She's got a fat, angry face, and untidy grey hair.