CHAPTER X.
GRACE'S SYSTEM
"Margaret!"
"Yes, Mrs. Peyton."
"Is that door shut? lock it, will you? and—just go and look out of the window, please. No one there? Thank you!"
She sank back on her pillows with a sigh of relief.
"What is it?" asked Margaret, soothingly. "What troubles you, dear Mrs. Peyton?"
"I am frightened!" said Emily Peyton.