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He thought that if Lady Coverly's real condition became known she would be removed to a madhouse! He also thought that a nurse was in attendance." "A nurse!" "Yes. He assured me that he had heard and seen her! Mrs. Hawkins also was certain on the point. Neither of them were ever allowed in the house, by the way. But Damar Greefe paid them well and they were satisfied.
For it seemed to correspond roughly with the appearance in the neighborhood of this man whom he now met for the first time." Again Gatton paused, taking out his pipe and pouch, and: "Who was this person?" I asked. "A certain Dr. Damar Greefe!" "Good God!" I cried "where is all this leading us, Gatton?" "It is leading us slowly to the truth, Mr.
"I am taking a brief rest cure," I replied; "and as I am given to understand that Friar's Park is of much historical interest, I had purposed seeking permission to look over the place and if possible to take a few photographs." Dr. Damar Greefe inclined his head gravely. "A former monastic house, Mr. Addison," he replied. "And as you say, of great archæological interest.
"Good heavens!" I cried. "At last I understand!" Gatton looked at me, smiling in grim triumph; and: "Dr. Damar Greefe has a residence somewhere within a quarter-mile radius of this house!" he declared. "He has betrayed himself! Then look here."
And where I vnderstand you haue in suspicion my demeanour against your grace, you know verie well, that if I knew any man within this realme, of whome you should stand in feare, my duetie were to punish that person, thereby to remooue that greefe from your heart.
The hoarse voice ceased. Neither Gatton nor I moved or spoke. Then: "I have three minutes or less," whispered Damar Greefe. "Question me. I am at your service." "Where is your villa?" asked Gatton suddenly. "It is called The Laurels " "The Laurels!" I cried incredulously. "It is called so," whispered the Eurasian. "It is the last house but one in College Road!
Wherefore they did lye weltering and tumblinge upon the ground, put on sackcloth, put on ashes, or dust upon their heads, yea then, when they pretended to shew some repentance, and to manifest or set out an inward greefe: all which thinges would bee founde, and thought rediculous, foolish, and to bee laughed at amonge nations & peoples, on this side of them: And if that women should take tabourets in their handes, as we read that the women of Israel haue done: would not men thinke that they were out of their witt: which notwihstanding was not found in thought straung among the Israelites, because this was the custome of the nation and people.
To a town-dweller, such a piece of information must have sounded alarming, but knowing something of the ways of these country communities, it did not greatly surprise me; and bidding the landlord "good night," I set out. The false move made by Dr. Damar Greefe had advanced the inquiry further than any unaided endeavors of mine could well have done.
Damar Greefe that the ill-health of Lady Burnham rendered it impossible for her to receive visitors, I wondered anew at the complex villainy of this formidable Eurasian. The state of the rooms in Friar's Park clearly demonstrated the fact that neither Lady Coverly nor any other had resided there for many months, perhaps many years. What then did it all mean?
"Ah!" he exclaimed, peering towards me where I stood in the badly lighted room "Mr. Addison, I believe?" "At your service, Dr. Greefe," I replied. "I understood that my niece was here?" "Your niece!" I exclaimed, and my astonishment was quite unfeigned. "Precisely."
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