It was locked.

He heard no answer to his louder knock.

He at once suspected that his prey had escaped him, and that the large fee he had counted on was to say the least doubtful.

But who could have warned the black?
Had Mr.Grey been imprudent?
Lamb had been the person who had led Grey, as Swallow knew from that gentleman, to suspect Josiah as a runaway; but now as he saw Peter reeling up the street, he was aware that he was in no state to be questioned.

He went away disappointed and found that no one he met knew whither Josiah had gone.
At Grey Pine Mrs.Ann, uneasily conscious of her share in the matter, asked John if he had given the money to Josiah.