She moved slowly away.
He turned briskly to the library-door, and seeing the man on the threshold, said gravely:
"Mr. Grey, I am glad to have met you, and shall feel much obliged if you will favour me with a few moments' conversation."
Without saying a word Grey re-entered the library; the baronet followed him.
CHAPTER IV.
THE TWO GUARDIANS.
When the two men found themselves in the library it was quite dusk outside, and a deep gloom filled the room. There was no one else in the place, and no candle or lamp illumed the dark and cavernous recesses of shadows lying here and there remote from the great window.
"I will not detain you long, Mr. Grey. Do you wish for lights?"
"Not at all, Sir William."