“Yes, ma’am, I have,” he answered, deliberately.
What is it? Don’t keep me in suspense,” she said, impatiently.
The job’s done,” said Rudolph, briefly.
You mean that the boy——” “Accidentally fell down a well and was killed,” said the visitor, finishing the sentence.
Horrible!” murmured the lady.
Wasn’t it?” said Rudolph, with a grin. “He must have been very careless.”
Mrs. Middleton did not immediately speak. Though
she was responsible for this crime, having instigated it, she was really shocked when it was brought home to her.
You are sure he is dead?” she said, after a pause.
When a chap pitches head first down a well thirty feet deep, there isn’t much hope for him, is there?”