“But he’s nearly dead, doctor,” whispered Moredock, and he glanced round at the coffin.
“Don’t you think that—”
He made a significant sign towards the coffin, and there was a strange leer upon his ghoulish face.
Dr North turned swiftly round, and caught his tempter by the throat!
Volume Two—Chapter Seventeen.
The Sexton’s News.
“You ring, sir?”
“Yes, Dally; go up to Miss Leo’s room, and say we are waiting breakfast.”