"That's it," said she.
"You don't mean to say that he's coming home again?"
"I don't mean to say that he's coming," said the housekeeper, with wondrous significance.
"Why, whatever are you driving at?" he said.
"I'm not a-driving at nothing, Captain Robinson—leastways, not that I am aware of. All I know is, that Mr. Murray ain't likely to be coming home, for he ain't in a position to come home, seeing as——"
She paused.
"What?"
"Guess what."
"Hang it all, I can't."
"You must."