19/21 'Where is Mrs.Caldigate ?' he said, as the man drove the empty carriage down the entrance to the yard. The man, touching his hat, and with a motion of his hand which was intended to check his master's impetuosity, drove on; and then, when he had freed himself from the charge of his horses, told his story with many whispers. There's something up more than you think, sir; there is indeed. He was that fractious that he wouldn't hold the hosses for me, not for a minute, till I could go in and see, and then------' 'Well ?' 'The gates was chained, sir.' 'Chained ?' 'A chain was round the bars, and a padlock. I never see such a thing on a gentleman's gate in my life before. |