Mrs. Heywood was startled. She was so startled that she forgot her anger with the maid.

“Again? Are you sure?”

“Well, she had a look of church in her eyes when she went out.”

“What sort of a look?” asked Mrs. Heywood.

“A stained-glass-window look.”

Mrs. Heywood spoke rather to herself than to Mollie.

“That makes the third time to-day,” she said pensively.

Mollie spoke mysteriously. She too had forgotten her anger and impudence. She dropped her voice to a confidential tone.

“The mistress is in a bad way, to my thinking. I’ve seen it coming on.”

“Seen what coming on?” asked the elderly lady.