Hullo, she's gone now!" Bubbles fell back on to her pillow and closed her eyes.

It was as if she was dismissing them.
Varick turned uneasily to the doctor.

"Is she delirious ?" he whispered.
The doctor shook his head.

He also was startled--startled more than surprised.

For in just Bubbles' words would he have described the odious woman who had come to see him last spring, and whose voice he had heard within the last few minutes.
He now had no doubt that Miss Pigchalke had been in the corridor, or, more likely, in some room opening out of it, and that she had followed Varick into this darkened room and then, noiselessly, slipped out again.
Bubbles opened her eyes.
"I'll come up after dinner for a few minutes," said Dr.Panton.