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'Ladies! ladies! remonstrated Cargrim, while both combatants ruffled their plumes like two fighting cocks, and the more timid of the spectators scuttled out of the way. How the situation would have ended it is impossible to say, as the two ladies were equally matched, but George saved it by advancing to greet Miss Whichello.
Shortly before the marriage of George and Mab, the tribe of gipsies over which Mother Jael ruled vanished into the nowhere. Whither they went nobody knew, and nobody inquired, but their disappearance was a relief both to Miss Whichello and the bishop.
'Something like a gipsy lean, tall and swarthy, with jet-black eyes and an evil expression. He talks like an educated person. 'You seem to know all about him, Cargrim, said Captain Pendle, in some surprise, while Miss Whichello, her rosy face pale and scared, sat silently staring at the tablecloth.
'So Miss Arden is engaged to Captain Pendle, cried Cargrim, in a gushing manner. 'I congratulate you, and her, and him. 'Thank you, Mr Cargrim, said Miss Whichello, stiffly. 'I suppose Captain Pendle saw nothing of Jentham at the gipsy camp? 'No! he never saw the man at all that evening. 'Did he hear the shot fired? 'Of course he did not! cried Miss Whichello, wrathfully.
'In that case I shall not trouble about him, said the old lady, rising; 'on some future occasion I may see him. But you need not say I was asking for him, Miss Mosk. 'I won't say a word; he'd only come worrying round your house if he thought you wanted to give him money. 'Oh, he mustn't do that; he mustn't come there! cried Miss Whichello, alarmed. 'He won't, for I'll hold my tongue.
'Well, she can't spot him, said Tinkler, emphatically, 'for all she knows about Jentham is thirty years old. Cargrim could scarcely suppress a start at this unexpected information. So Miss Whichello did know something about the dead man after all; and doubtless her connection with Jentham had to do with the secret of the bishop.
'I am not so worldly-minded as you infer, Miss Whichello, said he, mildly; 'and did George desire to marry a poor girl, I have enough money of my own to humour his whim. But if his heart is set on making Miss Arden his wife, I should like if you will pardon my candour to know more about the young lady.
George and Mab sprang apart with alacrity, and each wondered, while admiring the cathedral opposite, if Miss Whichello or Cargrim had heard the sound of that stolen kiss. Apparently the dear, unsuspecting old Jenny Wren had not, for she hopped up to the pair in her bird-like fashion, and took George's arm.
'Humph! here he called himself Jentham. Do you know anything about this murder, Miss Whichello, ma'am? and the inspector fixed a blood-shot grey eye on the thick veil. 'No! no! I know nothing about the murder! cried Miss Whichello in earnest tones. 'I heard that this man Jentham looked like a gipsy and was marked with a scar on the right cheek.
Honestly speaking, the artful old lady was as puzzled by Miss Whichello's visit to the dead-house as her hearers, and she could bring no very tangible accusation against her, but Mrs Pansey well knew the art of spreading scandal, and was quite satisfied that her significant silence about nothing would end in creating something against Miss Whichello.
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