"
Borkins left. But his face was a dull drab shade and he was trembling
like a man who has received a terrible shock.
"There's a case of genuine scare for you," remarked Doctor Bartholomew
quietly, drawing on his pipe. "That man's nerves are like unstrung wires.
Hardly ever seen a chap so frightened in all the course of my medical
career. He's either had experience of the thing, or he knows something
about it. Whichever way it is, he's the most terrified object I've ever
laid eyes on!"
Merriton broke into a laugh. But there was not much merriment in it,
rather a note of uneasiness which made Tony West glance up at him
sharply.
"Best place for _you_, old chap, is your bed," he said, getting to his
feet and laying an arm across Nigel's shoulders. "Livin' down here does
seem to play the old Harry with one's nerves. I'm as jumpy as a kitten
myself. Take it from me, Wynne will return, Nigel, and when he does he'll
see to it that we all hear him. He'll probably break every pane of glass
in the place with a stone, and play a devil's dance upon the knocker.
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