of said to me and Mr. Frost, the butler, and Mr. Wilkins, the second man—we were the only ones who knew about the letter; he said maybe it would be better if nothing was said about it, and we agreed, of course, not wishing to raise any scandal about the mistress."
"What can you tell me about his subsequent actions?"
"Well, Madame, whenever he got a chance, I saw him looking, looking about the sitting-room and the bedroom..."
"For the letter?"
"So I supposed."
"Did you know then that it had been burned?"
why should Mrs. Whittall have called for a wrap? When one steps outside to cool off, one doesn't wrap up. It is indicated that she meant to stay out awhile."
"Right!"
"Thirdly: Whittall's explanation of his wife's alleged depression is mere nonsense. It is a simple matter for a rich woman to adopt a child if she is lonely."