Готель з привидами

           BeforetheDoctorcouldrecoverhimselfandfollowher,LordandLadyMontbarryhadsteppedintotheircarriage,andhaddrivenaway.

           Outsidethechurchdoorstoodthethreeorfourmembersoftheclubwho,likeDoctorWybrow,hadwatchedtheceremonyoutofcuriosity.Nearthemwasthebride’sbrother,waitingalone.Hewasevidentlybentonseeingthemanwhomhissisterhadspokento,inbroaddaylight.HisboldeyesrestedontheDoctor’sface,withamomentaryflashofsuspicioninthem.Thecloudsuddenlyclearedaway;theBaronsmiledwithcharmingcourtesy,liftedhishattohissister’sfriend,andwalkedoff.

           Themembersconstitutedthemselvesintoaclubconclaveonthechurchsteps.TheybeganwiththeBaron.’Damnedill-lookingrascal!’TheywentonwithMontbarry.’IshegoingtotakethathorridwomanwithhimtoIreland?’’Nothe!hecan’tfacethetenantry;theyknowaboutAgnesLockwood.’’Well,butwhereishegoing?’’ToScotland.’’Doesshelikethat?’’It’sonlyforafortnight;theycomebacktoLondon,andgoabroad.’’AndtheywillneverreturntoEngland,eh?’’Whocantell?DidyouseehowshelookedatMontbarry,whenshehadtoliftherveilatthebeginningoftheservice?Inhisplace,Ishouldhavebolted.Didyouseeher,Doctor?’Bythistime,DoctorWybrowhadrememberedhispatients,andhadheardenoughoftheclubgossip.HefollowedtheexampleofBaronRivar,andwalkedoff.

           ’Onestepmore,yousee,onthewaytotheend,’herepeatedtohimself,onhiswayhome.’Whatend?’