He will very likely want some one to look after him at night." Marnham opened his mouth to speak again, then changed his mind and was silent, as a servant is silent under rebuke.

The incident was quite trifling, yet it revealed to me the relative attitude of these two men.

Without a doubt Rodd was the master of his partner, who did not even care to dispute with him about the matter of the use of his daughter's bedroom.

They were a queer couple who, had it not been for my anxiety as to Anscombe's illness, would have interested me very much, as indeed they were destined to do.
Well, I went to tidy up in the doctor's room, and as he left me alone while I washed, had the opportunity of studying it a little.

Like the rest of the house it was lined with native wood which was made to serve as the backs of bookshelves and of cupboards filled with medicines and instruments.