And to me was showed no harder hell than sin._" A low tap came at the window.

Fay started violently, and the book dropped on the floor.
The tap was repeated.

She went to the window, and saw Michael's face through the glass.
She opened the glass door, and he came in.

His clothes were smeared and torn, and there was blood upon his hand.
"Something has happened," he said.

"I don't know what it is, but the garden is surrounded, and there is someone watching at the door I came in at.