Chapter 34
I Grasped her hands hard.
"What is it?" I began;—then, looking round I saw that the hall was full of panic-stricken servants, some of whom came forward, confusedly murmuring together about being 'afraid' and 'not knowing what to do.' I motioned them back by a gesture and turned again to Mavis Clare.
"Tell me,—quick—what is wrong?"
"We fear something has happened to Lady Sibyl," she replied at once. "Her rooms are locked, and we cannot make her hear. Her maid got alarmed, and ran over to my house to ask me what was best to be done,—I came at once, and knocked and called, but could get no response. You know the windows are too high to reach from the ground,— there is no ladder on the premises long enough for the purpose, and no one can climb up that side of the building. I beg
