“You need not be alarmed,” he said. “No!” Michelle said too eagerly. She ought to be softened and tender and confidential at this phase of her life. The porter instantly made his appearance, and Sheppard ordered him to take care of the horses. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished, and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. From the freshness of the stains, which grew more frequent as they approached the adjoining chamber, it was evident some violence had been recently perpetrated, and the carpenter's own blood froze within his veins as he thought, with a thrill of horror, that, perhaps on this very spot, not many minutes before his arrival, his adopted son might have been inhumanly butchered. A robbery has been committed, and your master suspects this lad as an accessory to the offence. There was a lot of that, John, a great deal of hunger. Everything was done in a genteel and ordinary way, but on the other hand, there was no lingering. They drove around town that night in his Buick convertible.
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