"No. He has not come back yet. He is in the dining-room. Shall I tell him you want him?"
"Oh, no, perhaps it will be better to leave him alone till he comes out. Did you hear what she said? She has been making such a scene in there. Poor Charlie, as if he had not enough to worry him as it is, without her saying such terrible things."
Brennan, with Gale and Johnson, appeared at the entrance, and Mrs. Eustace went back into the house, closing the door after her.
"Mrs. Burke has gone," Brennan said, as he came over to the counter. "Is Mr. Eustace in the office?"
"He has not come out of the dining-room yet. Shall I tell him?" Harding replied.
"I'll go through," Brennan said.
Harding opened the door and stood holding it, with Gale and Johnson behind him, as Brennan went to the dining-room door and knocked.
Receiving no answer, he opened the door.
"There is no one in there," he called out.
With one accord the three moved forward. Brennan was half-way across the room when they reached the door. He went to the window and looked at the fastening.