An unknown feeling of dread, she knew not why, was at the heart of Minna. Certainly the slight sound she had heard, and that too in the house of Colonel Jeffery, was not sufficient to warrant such a feeling, and yet there, at her heart, it sat brooding.
She stood for a moment at the door.
It was only for a moment.
"How foolish I am," she thought, and then she passed out on to the landing, where she stood for a moment glancing round her.
"It is nothing, Minna," called out Tobias, "or shall I try and come. I feel quite strong enough to do so."
"Oh, no—no! It is nothing."
Minna stepped lightly back and sat down. She clasped her hands very tight indeed together, and then placed both upon her breast.
She had seen Todd.
Yes, Minna Grey had seen the man that had been, and who was for all she knew to the contrary still to be, the bane of Tobias's existence. The clear eyes of youth had noticed the lumbering figure as it lay upon the stairs before them.
And she did not scream—she did not cry for help—she did not faint, she only crept back as we have seen, and held her hands upon her heart, and looked at Tobias.