\" said my mistress calmly; \"it is to be handed over to an authority higher than yours.\"
\"Of what do you accuse me?\" he cried wildly.
\"Of nothing yet, except throwing this gun down the well.\"
\"It's a lie! It's a lie! I never saw it before!\"
\"Then why all this excitement?\"
He turned away biting his fingers.
\"This is worse than useless,\" said Mme. Storey. \"Open the door, Crider.\"
Whittall instantly became abject
\" said my mistress calmly; \"it is to be handed over to an authority higher than yours.\"
\"Of what do you accuse me?\" he cried wildly.
\"Of nothing yet, except throwing this gun down the well.\"
\"It's a lie! It's a lie! I never saw it before!\"
\"Then why all this excitement?\"
He turned away biting his fingers.
\"This is worse than useless,\" said Mme. Storey. \"Open the door, Crider.\"
Whittall instantly became abject
