“I’ll have some coffee with you, if I may,” he went on. “Brace up, Helen, it’s pretty awful for you, but you must try to be a brave girl.”
A grateful glance thanked him for the kindness, and Lockwood returned quickly to the study.
“What are you doing?” he said sternly, as he saw Ito bending over the dead man.
“Nothing, sir,” and the butler straightened up quickly and stood at attention.
“Leave the room, and do not return here without permission. Serve breakfast to the ladies. Where is Nogi?”
“He is gone, sir.”
“Gone where?”
“That I do not know. Last night he was here. Now he is gone. I know no more.”
“You don’t know anything. Get out.”
“Yes, sir.”