CHAPTER VI. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT
And here was another mystery: Dora never learnt the good news which Pallant had brought to Edermont. The little man had fainted with excess of joy, and was carried off to bed by Joad; while Pallant took his leave of Dora, and was escorted by her to the gate. He smiled as she turned the key of the lock.
"No need for that now," said he, passing through the gate. "Mr. Edermont can sleep in peace without bolt or bar."
"On account of what you have told him to-day?"
"Precisely, Miss Carew; on account of what I have told him to-day."
Dora looked at his sneering mouth, at his bold blue eyes, and asked a question which had been in her mind since she had seen him from the window.
"Were you sent by Lady Burville to tell this news, Mr. Pallant?"
"No; I c
