Securing the door of the library, he extinguished the lamp, and closing the parlor went out to meet Salome.
CHAPTER XX.
“Doctor Grey, you look weary and anxious.”
“I feel so, for this has been a memorable night.”
“The servant who opened the gate for us said that the poor old woman died about day-break.”
“Yes; when I arrived I found her speechless, and of course could do nothing but watch her die. Come down this walk, I wish to talk to you before you go into the house.”
He pointed to a serpentine walk, overarched by laurustinus, and they had proceeded some yards before he spoke again.
“Salome, I believe you told me that you had met Mrs. Gerome?”