Marshall tried to barricade the entrance to the room beyond the hall by means of his own plump body, and was promptly kicked aside, as the stranger strode past him, bearing the unconscious man upon his shoulder, very much as if he had been a bag of meal.
"Is this your master?"
"Y-ye-s. Who—are you—ordering—"
"Hot water—lights—a doctor—everything—at once. I'm Frederic Kaye."
CHAPTER XXIII.
FREDERIC KAYE'S WELCOME HOME.
The excitement at Ardsley was intense. Never had its quiet precincts been disturbed by a crime so unprovoked and dastardly.
"To strike a man in the dark."