“Why did you never send for him again? No need?”
“No. Mr. Harrison quarreled with him that once. Since then, when Doctor Howells is away, Mr. Harrison has gone to Doctor Somerville in the city, or sent for him.”
“What was the quarrel about?” asked Bernard.
Miss Mount’s manner displayed a faint trace of weariness.
“I’m afraid I can’t tell you,” she replied. “Mr. Harrison merely remarked to me that he never wanted to see that—er—doctor in the house again.”
All four men smiled at this descriptive omission.
“By the way,” asked Bernard casually, “where was Joel Harrison all this time?”
“I haven’t the faintest idea! In bed, probably.”
“You mean he stayed in his room at the head of the stairs through all that screaming and never came out into the hall to see what was going on? Does that seem likely?”
Miss Mount loosed a final shaft.