CHAPTERXXIII
ADAWNOFRAIN
ThatcrashoftheclosingdoordidnotawakeBeatriceonly;itawokebothElizabethandMr。Granger。Elizabethsatupinbedstraininghereyesthroughthegloomtoseewhathadhappened。TheyfellonBeatrice’sbed——surely——surely——
Elizabethslippedup，cat-likeshecreptacrosstheroomandfeltwithherhandatthebed。Beatricewasnotthere。Shesprangtotheblindanddrewit，lettinginsuchlightastherewas，andbyitsearchedtheroom。Shespoke:“Beatrice，whereareyou？”
Noanswer。