The spacious hall was full of departing guests; through the open door came the hoarse confusing shouts of policemen and footmen. Brenda pressed her hands together beneath her opera-cloak and shivered.
Theodore Trist never returned, and his absence passed unnoticed by all except William Hicks, who waited till the end.
END OF VOL. II.
BILLING AND SONS, PRINTERS, GUILDFORD.