"I must go myself."
"Not merely to ask how Miss Hale is?"
"No, not merely for that. I want to thank her for the way in which she stood between me and the mob."
"What made you go down at all? It was putting your head into the lion's mouth!"
He glanced sharply at her; saw that she did not know what had passed between him and Margaret in the drawing-room: and replied by another question:
"Shall you be afraid to be left without me, until I can get some of the police; or had we better send Williams for them now, and they could be here by the time we have done tea? There's no time to be lost. I must be off in a quarter of an hour."

'I must go myself. I want to thank her for the way in which she stood between me and the mob.'
'What made you go down at all? It was putting your head into the lion's mouth!'
He glanced sharply at her; saw that she did not know what had passed between him and Margaret in the drawing-room; and replied with another question:
'Shall you be afraid to be left without me until the police arrive, or had we better send Williams for them now? There's no time to be lost. I must be off in a quarter of an hour.'
