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only just returned to my own rooms when Mrs. Peddar appeared.

"The young lady is up, sir, and wishes to see you, if it would be quite convenient."

Her words, her tone, her manner, told me that the housekeeper had not yet heard of what had happened to the occupant of No. 64. Atkins had explained that he had experienced some difficulty in finding a constable, and, apparently, had said nothing of his errand to any one upon the way. The story of Edwin Lawrence's ending had not yet been told. I was not disposed to be the first to inform Mrs. Peddar.

"How is the young lady?" I asked.

"Well, sir, she seems all right, bodily, if I may say so, and she certainly has slept sound, and looks better than ever; but that there's something the matter with her mind, I feel sure."

"Have you found out her name, or anything about her?" 45