A STRANGE DAY 287

the left, came up to the Great House garden, and went in
at the gate.

At the door the servant met him, but saw his face, and
let him pass without a word ; for he looked like a desperate
man whom there was no stopping.

So, with a grim light burning in his eyes, his hat in his
hand, and his clothes all drabbled with the liquor from
his vats, the tanner strode into the dining-hall.