se with an exclamation of alarm, then recognizing the
sudden apparition as Grace, came up to her, took her by the arm, and led
her back to her room. She sank helplessly upon the bed, and pretended to
fall asleep. Whether the woman suspected her or not, she could not
tell--she noticed that she locked the door, on leaving the room.

The hours until dawn seemed interminable. She lay in bed, praying that
there might yet be time in which to save Richard from Hartmann's
machinations. What it was that the latter was doing to him, she could
not guess, but the look of agony on Duvall's face told her that his
sufferings, from some cause, were very great.

After a long time the day broke, and she dressed and managed to choke
down a little breakfast. She kept in her room until long after nine
o'clock, not daring to leave the house before ten. Dr. Hartmann came in
just as she was preparing to go. She saw him glance quickly toward her
hat, as she put it on. "I'm going in to the city, this morning, doctor,"
she said, carelessly. "There are a few things I must get at one of the
shops."

He nodded, as though the matter were quite unimportant. "You had another
attack, last night, Miss Ellicott," he said. "I regret that the symptoms
have recurred."

"Did I? What did I do?" she inquired, wide-eyed.

"Nothing, luckily. Walked down the corridor a short distance, the nurse
tells me. She stopped you before you got very far." He regarded her with
his keen professional look. "Strange--you do not appear abnormally
nervous. I fear I shall have to begin the hypnotic treatment at once."

She paid but scant attention. If she could accomplish what she hoped,
this morning, neither Dr. Hartmann nor his treatments would matter in
the least to her. "I am sorry it will be necessary," she said, "but of
course you know best."

When she left the grounds, she watched carefully to see if she was being
followed, but there was nothing to indicate that such was the case. At
the corner below, a small, youngish-looking man turned in behind her. He
appeared to have been walking rapidly, but she had no particular reason
to believe that he was following her.

She made at once for the center of the town, determined to walk the
distance rather than wait to find a cab. On the way she passed several
stores, and it occurred to her to stop in at one of them and buy a pair
of gloves, to lend color to her excuses. She did so, and was just going
out again when she sudd