Barrant made a detaining gesture, and the doctor waited in the passage for him.

Barrant, with a slight glance at the motionless figure of Thalassa, led the way into the front room.

He closed the door before he spoke.
"Doctor," he said, "have you told anybody about those marks on Robert Turold's arm ?" "I have not," said the doctor promptly, looking up.

"Why do you ask ?" His glance carried conviction, and interrogation also.

But it was Barrant's province to ask questions, not to answer them.