It was the same
silver I had packed before; for some reason he had got it back again.
This time I had to pack it in the little boxes, and after I had
finished I waited up there till suddenly he ran in very quickly
and looking very excited. He said I had betrayed them, and should
suffer for it, and he took some rope and he tied me as tightly as
he could, and tied a great handkerchief over my mouth, and pushed
me inside the wardrobe and locked it. I think he would have
killed me then only he was afraid of Mr. Dunsmore, and very anxious
to know what had happened, and why Mr. Dunsmore had come home, and
if there was any danger. And I was a long time there, and I heard
a great noise, and then Mr. Dunsmore opened the door and took me out."
CHAPTER XXXI
CONCLUSION
Three months had passed, and in a quiet little cottage on the
outskirts of a small country town, situated in one of the most
beautiful and peaceful vales of the south-west country, Ella was
slowly recovering from the shock of the dreadful experiences
through which she had passed.
She had been ill for some weeks, but her mother, fussily
incompetent at most times, was always at her best when sickness
came, and she had nursed her daughter devotedly and successfully.
As soon as possible they had come to this quiet little place where
people, busy with their own affairs and the important progress of
the town, had scarcely heard of what the newspapers of the day
called "The Great Chobham Sensation.
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