"Let us take her there then," answered Colville.
Doctor Pratt took down a dark cloak with a hood attached which hung against the wall.
"Miss Lawrence," he said, quite courteously, "my carriage is at the gate and I find it necessary to remove you at once from the perils that environ you here. Put on this cloak and let us go. I will find means afterward to punish these wretches for their perfidy."
Lily obeyed in silence, and was led down between them to the waiting carriage.
The Leverets did not appear again, nor did the hound offer to molest them.
Placing their prisoner in the carriage the two confederates drove rapidly away over the country road.
[CHAPTER XXIX.]
The inquest that was held over the dead bodies of Peter and Haidee Leveret developed no information that could lead to the conviction of their destroyer.
An expert examined the bodies and declared that the cause of their death was strychnine poison.