By the hall light he could see that her face was pale and agitated.

She walked swiftly up to her old friend, and laid a trembling hand on his arm.
"Oh, Vincent, I was just coming for you--something terrible must have happened!" she began, in a broken, sobbing voice.

"I was going upstairs to my room, when I heard the scream, and then the shot.

They must have come from Violet's room.

Will you go up and see, Vincent ?" Musard did not wait for her concluding words.