'Oh yes,' with an indignant look.
'Was he going back to the "Waterfowl" alone?'
'Quite alone.'
'Did he say anything particular to you just at last?—anything that it might be important for us to know?'
A faint colour flushed the pale face at the question.
'Nothing.'
'Is that all you can tell us?'
'There is only one thing more,' the girl answered, calmly. 'I stood at the door a few minutes to watch Mr. Penwyn walking up the street, and just as he turned the corner a man passed on the opposite side of the way in the same direction.'
'Towards Lowgate?'