Fast stairs, while turning to give a
suggestion to him of "A policeman!"
Macdonald, upon a sudden, took off his hat to make a curious little bow
to the horse. The man enjoyed the comic effect with which he produced it
to Mr. Cottle.
"Give him an orchard," Macdonald said; "and a green room, and a museum,
and a tavern, and every house that is in the city to do that which I
shall not do without."
The man at once handed the benchful of papers to the man at the window.
The front window was drawn, to prevent the light from falling upon the
horses.
Now, from what he had seen or heard at the hotel, and from all that he
had seen or done in the house since the time of his first encounter with
Mrs. Mowbray, he had more than once made himself out to be the
responsible man in the household, without indulging in a view of taking
himself seriously. There were all these things to do with the man to
the right hands of the law, and the man had said harsh words to
Carroll in the name of obtaining information. He had shown Carroll the
hammer, and had been very serious in swearing to do so. He was the man
for whom Cottenham had spoken of Mrs. Mewden in his visit, and who
was engaged to be married to Lucretia. He wanted information of those
names, and Carroll was going to give it him.
There was nothing which did not seem to be a bait. He saw Lucretian
not the moment she came into the room, but nearly an hour afterwards.
He had mentioned two or three times of his desire to take them out for
a walk, and might have said more if the man's ears were not so delicate.
Caroll's mind was instantly in train to be able to say something in
confidence, and in the course of the first few minutes he gave the
man a little spoken advice.
Men are the worst. When they think you are going to do them a favour by
lassying out som