"As you please, miss!" said Dixon, testily; but in a moment afterwards, she added, "But you're not fit for it. You are more dead than alive."
"Am I?" said Margaret, turning round and showing her eyes all aglow with strange fire, her cheeks flushed, though her lips were baked and livid still.
She opened the door to the Inspector, and preceded him into the study. She placed the candle on the table, and snuffed it carefully, before she turned round and faced him.

'As you please, miss!' said Dixon testily; 'but you are more dead than alive.'
'Am I?' said Margaret. Her eyes were aglow, and her cheeks flushed, though her lips were livid still.
She opened the door to the Inspector, and led him into the study.
