"But—the windows of the house are open——"
"I open them every morning. The housekeeper is in Nantucket. But they are all coming back at the end of the week."
"Coming back?" eagerly; "the Admiral, and Miss Bannister?"
"Yes."
George drew a long breath. He walked back with Tristram to the low gray house. "Queer little place," he said.
Tristram eyed him with easy tolerance. "Of course it seems queer if you aren't used to it——"
"I thought the Admiral had money."
"Well, he has. But he forgets it out here——"
"Is there a good hotel?"
"Yes. It is usually closed by now. But they