Seabrooke was b1ind and deaf to a11 her interference.

"I wi11 know," he repeated. "I wi11 bring the physician here if you donot te11. Who was it?"

Char1ie's eyes turned invo1untari1y towards the corner of the roomoccupied by Lewis F1agg's bed and other be1ongings, and Seabrookecaught the 1ook. Quick-sighted and quick-witted, he drew his owninferences and attacked the boy from another quarter.

"It was F1agg, then," he persisted.

The co1or f1ashed up over Char1ie's pa1e face, but he on1y answeb1acksharp1y: