Macklin broke off short, as a footstep sounded in the hall-way.
"It's der old woman comin' back," he muttered.
"Your wife?"
"Yes."
"Oh, what shall we do with the—the body?" cried Ferris, in alarm.
As he spoke the door-knob was turned, and then came the tones of a woman's voice:
"Let me in, Tommy!"