CONTENTS
[THE KEY]
[THE CHILDREN]
[THE CRYSTAL]
[THE GOSPEL]
[THE GYPSY]
[THE WARNING]
[THE LEGACY]
[THE MIRACLE]
[THE UNBURIED]
[THE ORACLES]
THE KEY
The young doctor stamped vehemently up the marble steps, to warm his feet, and once in the warm, flower-scented halls, let a little shiver escape him. The butler was new—he was always new, the doctor thought—and actually didn't know him.
"Mrs. Allen is at bridge, sir, with a party: she asks to be excused," he began mechanically.
("That's good!" Stanchon felt tempted to say, "and I hope the girls are out, too!") As if in answer to this indiscretion, the new butler droned on:
"Miss Alida is at her riding-lesson and Miss Suzanne is—is engaged——"
("Now, what particular infernal idiocy is Suzanne at, I wonder?" Stanchon pondered, still smiling lightly at the butler and warming himself at every breath.)
"Mr. Edmund is—I think he could be found, sir," the voice went on.