CHAPTER VI

Morris, as Mr. Taynton had advised, though not because he advised it, had gone straight home to the house in Sussex Square, had stripped off his dripping clothes, and then, since this was the line of least resistance, had gone to bed. He did not feel tired, and he longed with that aching longing of the son for the mother, that Mrs. Assheton had been here, so that he could just be in her presence, and, if he found himself unable to speak and tell her all the hideous happenings of those last days, let her presence br…