Dawn

Chapter 60

That same afternoon, Lady Bellamy ordered out the victoria with the

fast trotting horse, and drove to the Abbey House. She found Philip

pacing up and down the gravel in front of the grey old place, which

had that morning added one more to the long list of human tragedies

its walls had witnessed. His face was pale, and contorted by mental

suffering, and, as soon as he recognized Lady Bellamy, he made an

effort to escape. She stopped him.

"I suppose it is here, Mr. Caresfoot?"

"It! What?"

"The body."

"Yes."

"I wish to see it."

Philip hesitated a minute, and then led the way to his study. The

corpse had been laid upon the table just as it had been taken from the

water; indeed, the wet still fell in heavy drops from the clothes on

to the ground. It was to be removed to Roxham th