Stumph held open the door that the caller might depart.
"In behalf of Miss Corbin," said Warwick, earnestly, "I thank you." He hesitated a moment, and then said: "Before making a definite start in the matter, I suppose it will be necessary for you to visit us at Eastbury. I confess that rather puzzles me. You see, I would not have Dr. Morse——"
"Rest easy as to that," Ashton-Kirk assured him; "we need tell him nothing."
"When will you come?"
"To-night."
Philip Warwick smiled.
"You are prompt," said he. "But Miss Corbin will be delighted."
And with that he took his departure.