He left the two friends staring at each other. They stood and stared at each other for three minutes or more. Then Captain Barker spoke in a hoarse whisper.
"Jemmy, do you know anything about this—this kind of business?"
"Nothing. I was abroad, you know, when my own little maid—"
"Yes, I remember. But I thought, perhaps—say, I can't go home till—till I've seen the Doctor again."
"Nor I."
A dull moan sounded within the house.
"Oh, my God!" groaned Captain Runacles; "Meg—Meg!"
A lattice was opened softly above them and the doctor leant out.
"Go away—you two!" he whispered and waved his hand towards the gate.
"But, Doctor—"