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"

It

is

you

at

last

!

"

she

said

in

a

trembling

voice

--

--

"

Thank

God

you

have

come

!

"

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

.

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"

Tell

me

--

quick

--

what

is

wrong

?

"

"

We

fear

something

has

happened

to

Lady

Sibyl

,

"

--

she

replied

at

once

--

"

Her

rooms

are

locked

,

and

we

can

not

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

begged

some

of

the

servants

to

break

open

the

door

by

force

--

but

they

would

not

--

they

were

all

afraid

;

and

I

did

not

like

to

act

on

my

own

responsibility

,

so

I

telegraphed

for

you

--

--

"

I

sprang

away

from

her

before

she

had

finished

speaking

and

hurried

upstairs

at

once

--

outside

the

door

of

the

ante-room

which

led

into

my

wife

's

luxurious

'

suite

'

of

apartments

,

I

paused

breathless

.

"

Sibyl

!

"

I

cried

.

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There

was

not

a

sound

.

Mavis

had

followed

me

,

and

stood

by

my

side

,

trembling

a

little

.

Two

or

three

of

the

servants

had

also

crept

up

the

stairs

,

and

were

clinging

to

the

banisters

,

listening

nervously

.

"

Sibyl

!

"

I

called

again

.

Still

absolute

silence

.

I

turned

round

upon

the

waiting

and

anxious

domestics

with

an

assumption

of

calmness

.

"

Lady

Sibyl

is

probably

not

in

her

rooms

at

all

;

"

--

I

said

;

"

She

may

have

gone

out

unobserved

.

This

door

of

the

ante-chamber

has

a

spring-lock

--

it

can

easily

get

fast

shut

by

the

merest

accident

.

Bring

a

strong

hammer

--

or

a

crowbar

--

anything

that

will

break

it

open

--

if

you

had

had

sense

you

would

have

obeyed

Miss

Clare

,

and

done

this

a

couple

of

hours

ago

.

"

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