More recently the radius of his activity has been narrowed to the property itself. The secretary sees him outside a window; he enters the house and attacks him from within. And a few days later, possibly having overseen Halliday’s discovery of his boat, he attempts to drive him away by setting fire to the boat-house.…
I am tempted to ask Mr. Bethel to cancel his lease; to return him his money, entire, and relieve me of responsibility.
What would he say, I wonder?
I write and read, and now and then make a fugitive excursion into Jane’s room, from behind her curtains to watch my watcher at work. In spite of himself he has achieved something, and will doubtless go back to the city somewhat the better for an unexpectedly athletic summer.
I have been reading Mrs. Livingstone’s books, and a
