5/17 An old man with white beard and a skull-cap of black velvet." "Ugh!" said Mrs.Vrain, with a shiver. "Mark used to wear a black skull-cap, and the thought of it makes me freeze up. Sounds like a judge of your courts ordering a man to be lynched. Well, Mr.Denzil, it seems to me as you'd best hustle Ercole. If he knows who the woman is--and he wouldn't buy cloaks for her if he didn't--he'll know who this Wrent is. |