across the room towards the door into the passage. Denis made a movement towards him, then hesitated.
Frank said: “I think I’ll try.”
“I’ll come with you,” said Denis.
“Don’t be silly, old man: you’d only have to turn round and come back.”
“Well, I’ll come part way.”
“No, you won’t.”
“No sense in it,” said Mrs. Morris.
“I’ll be all right,” said Frank.
Jonathan went out, still smiling. As soon as he had gone, Brennan said, in a choked, urgent voice: “Take me with you. I want to come with you.”
“But—”
“Much better if you stay the night and be comfy until tomorrow,” said Mrs. Morris.
“No. You go through the village, don’t you—that’s the way you go from here?”
“As a matter of fact, it is,” said Frank, “but I really think that if Mrs. Morris doesn’t mind—”
“You’ve got to take me,” said Brennan. “I’ve got to try to get there tonight. I must come with you.”
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