Nevertheless she held her breath.
"So it seems," growled the sergeant.
"Why does it seem so?"
It was a new voice crying, and one so tremulous that Harkness could scarcely recognise it as Miss Bethune's.
"I've heard officially——"
"What have you heard?"
"You see we were all informed of Bovill's escape."
"Go on! Go on!"
"So in the same way we've been advised of his death."
"His—death!"