I have not been near the place since, but I'll go round there to-night.

Whatever is Miss Greeb thinking of ?" cried Lucian, breaking off quickly.

"That front door bell has been ringing for at least five minutes!" To Diana's amusement, Lucian went and shouted down the stairs to Miss Greeb, but as no reply came, and the bell was still ringing furiously, he was obliged to open the door himself.

On the step there stood a little woman in a tailor-made brown frock, a plainly trimmed brown straw hat with a black gauze velvet-spotted veil.

At once Denzil guessed who she was.
"You are Mrs.Clear ?" he said, delighted that she had replied so quickly to his advertisement, for it had only that morning appeared in the newspapers.
"Yes, I am," answered the woman, in a quick, sharp voice.