XV
IN WHICH HARRY RETURNS TO POINTVIEW AND GOES TO WORK
“Betsey and I were giving a dinner-party at our house. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Delance and the Warburtons and Dan and Lizzie had come over to discuss a plan for the correction of the greatest folly and extravagance in the village––namely, the waste of its spiritual energy.
“At first we had to discuss a fact related to another folly, for the Delances told how Harry’s pet collie had come up to the back door that day with a human skull in his mouth. Of course I knew that Harry’s Bishop had returned, but held my peace about it. To them it had suggested murder, and they had consulted the chief of police.
“HARRY’S PET COLLIE HAD COME UP TO THE BACK DOOR WITH A HUMAN SKULL IN HIS MOUTH”
“‘How do you know that it is not one of your ancestors dug up in a back pasture,’ I said.
“‘It might be William the Conqueror,’ Lizzie remarked.