Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 218: what you’re looking at

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GUY HAMMERSLEY. 209 at the same instant ‘‘ Augusta” returned with the an- nouncement: ‘‘ Dere’s no ladies here. I been de house all over.” No ladies there! Guy could not understand it. What had become of Mrs. Westmore and Amy? Without them he had no one to substantiate his claim that he had entered the Warburton house on legiti- mate business. He had already shown the Ken- worthy & Clarke permit, but Mr. Traubmann had easily persuaded Max that this went for nothing, as any one expressing a desire to see the house could obtain one. But to the fact of his own predicament Guy gave at present but little heed. His mind was wholly occupied with the problem of the whereabouts ofthe two ladies. Could any evil have befallen them ? Possibly Major Warburton might have broken his way out and Guy dared not follow this thought, but turned anx- iously to Mr. Traubmann with the question : ‘‘Do you suppose that madman can have got away from his keeper, the fellow you call Max?” At the suggestion of such a possibility, both the shoe dealer and his spouse turned pale, and without vouchsafing a reply beat a precipitate retreat up- stairs. Guy tugged at his bonds in the effort to follow them, but he could not free himself and was fain to wait with all the patience he could muster for the return of Max. The minutes passed and no one came. All was quiet above. Gomiecboo cS (E(@) m