CHAPTER XXXV

CONCERNING MR. SHRIG'S DEDUCTIONS Mr. Shrig awaited him at foot of the stair; so Sir Marmaduke descended and stepped forth into the evening glow, then paused to frown up at the great house, that in its ruin and grime seemed to scowl down on him bodeful and menacing. "Shrig," said he suddenly, "do you think she is safe there?" "Ah, safe as the Bank of England, sir--safe as a nangel!" "But the house has a--strangely evil look!" "Vich I don't deny, sir. It is a rum place and there's been rum doings there; ah, and vil…