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Major Carstairs hesitated, looking from his wife to Anstice in manifest perplexity

"Well, really, Chloe, I don't knohat to say Of course you and Dr Anstice are the people chiefly concerned; and if you are both of you sufficiently superhue--well, I suppose it is not for me to interfere!"

"Suppose you think it over, sir" Anstice felt a sudden desire to get away, to be alone, to think over the revelation of the past half-hour "For o about my work--I'd no idea it was so late By the ill take charge of Tochatti to-night? She is asleep now"--he had seen to that--"but later on she ant a little looking after She has not borne out ht that last night's excitement would have vanished entirely to-day; but I'm bound to admit she is in a queer state; and if she is no better to-morrow you will have to let me send someone to look after her"

"The housekeeper and I will be able to do that at present," said Chloe quietly "You know poor Tochatti's hatred of professional nurses was directly responsible for that last burst of letter-writing, so we had better not try her too far!"

"By the here's the dagger she produced with such lightning sleight-of-hand last night?" Anstice put the question casually as he turned towards the door "It would not be wise to leave it about, in case she felt like using it again!"

"It is hidden, at present, in ht and flung it in there lest anyone should see it But I agree it would be safer locked up; and I will give it to you, Leo, when I go upstairs"

"Yes, it will be better in h I hope the madness which induced her to try to use it will have passed before long"

"We'll see how she is in the ," said Anstice as he shook hands with Chloe "I'll come round directly after breakfast, shall I? Quite possibly she will be herself again after a long sleep"

"Dr Anstice"--Chloe retained his hand for awithup of the affair? I'm afraid, after all, Ibut acquiesce just now But if, after thinking it over, you decide that the story should be made public, well, I am quite ready to abide by your decision"