New-York tribune., 1907-08-18
CHAPTER VIII.
Norah

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~ the foot Of the statue, Abraham CramPiron.
t. the surprise of the servants at living Park.
came down stairs breakfast fifteen minutes later
than usual. The servants had had other surprises
that morning In the first place . letter had
arrived by special messenger for Miss Moran from
Tudor Hundreds and had been delivered into
her hands in her bed room AZ an hour strangely
early And IN the second place Miss Moran '-95 was
late for breakfast.
In the course Of the breakfast servant put a
discreet but highly perturbed head into the room
and caught the buffers attention. And the butler,
having served the hurried out u the hall In
credible had suddenly got abroad IN The house.
and apparently had escaped from Miss Nor,til ;
bed room.
The butler returned to his master. and, clearing
his throat and disarrangng his side whIskers. said.
Pardon =. sir Have YOU heard
Heard what: Abraham Cr,.spiron demanded.
They say that Mr. Courlander has been found
dead over at the Hundreds.
Yes, sir, Murderedl thought you would like
to know, sir
oh. YOU did did vou2" said Crampiron grinly
Well, must look into that. Get ME my hat.
Whereupon, without q sign of astonIshrnent or of
emotion, without word OF any SOFT, the inp4SS've
Cranpron left the house He returned % his home
in exactly an hour and quarter. and AZ went
t. town. He regained living Park shortly after
midnight, four hours and half late
In the meantime only her maid had seen \o-ah,
who did quit her bed during The entire day.
and who gave the strCtes orders that She would
nobody whatever not even Maurice Cov,rlander
The second daV after the Of the murder
the day of the inquest. And Norah was still (.
cluse. Crampiron attended the inquest He came
back between three and four o'clock. went into his
bed room, remained there for quarter Of an hour.
and then descended to the drawing room where he
rang the bell
Where is Miss Norah?" he asked the butler.
In her ROOM
Tell her | want to speak TO her "
In two minutes the butler cautiously recntered
the drawing room. Miss Norah SAYS She cannot
come down sir he enunciated
Norah had thrown down the gage. and Crampiron
picked it up with instant and fierce decisiveness.
He rushed to her door and seized the white
earthenware handle and turned it violently: but the
door was boted on the inside. Then he knocked
Who's there" 1t was Norah's voice. faint but
hostile.
Il am"
DO YOU want me-
"Of course | want voui"
III be down IN the drawing room in half an
hour"
The nsolence of it maddened him, Halt an hourl
She forcing him to attend her convenience dur
ing half an hour. III thank YOU to be quicker than
that!
No answer.
He returned to the drawing and sat down.
In twenty-five minutes Norah CrampIron entered
and advanced as far as the table She had the air
of being exhausted by fatigue Her dark and burn
ing eyes dilated; she pale. her breast rose
and fell in quick breathingS under her black robe:
What have you been doing this last day or twoa''
Crampiron began.
I've been keeping out of the way she answered
icily
Perhaps in that moment as he Caught the new
of that voice. the father had his first nkling of
the composition of the stuff of which the daughter
was made If he had not acquired knowledge before
his ignorance was due to chance and not TO any
weakness Norah'S part Two years earlier when
the girl was twenty and she and Maurice Cnurlander
had fallen in love with each other. and Abraham had
opposed a formal and positive refusal to the match
she had been ready to pit her obstnacy against his
Come back 1 year, she had said to Maurice a