"The fact is," he said, "I have been so uneasy about Mary."
"Why? What's the matter?" interrupted Mr. Worboise, stopping on his way across the room.
"Don't you know?" returned Mr. Boxall, in some surprise. "She's never got over that Hampstead Heath affair. She's been in bed ever since."
"God bless me!" exclaimed the other. "I never heard a word of it. What was it?"
So Mr. Boxall told as much as he knew of the story, and any way there was not much to tell.
"Never heard a word of it!" repeated the lawyer.
The statement made Mr. Boxall more uneasy than he cared to show.
"But I must be going," he said; "so let's have this troublesome will signed and done with."
"Not in the least a troublesome one, I assure you. Rather too simple, I think. Here it is."