Crofton never came to
Old Place--making her nervous fear of the dogs the excuse--Janet only saw
the new tenant of The Trellis House when she happened to be walking about
the village or at church.
But for a while, at any rate, an untoward event drove the thoughts
of most of the inmates of Old Place far from Mrs. Crofton and her
peculiarities, attractive or other.
* * * * *
One day, when Radmore had already been at Beechfield for close on a
fortnight, Timmy drew him aside, and said mysteriously: "Godfrey, I want
to tell you something."
Radmore looked down and said pleasantly, though with a queer inward
foreboding in his mind: "Go ahead, boy--I'm listening."
"Something's going to happen to someone here. I saw Dr. O'Farrell last
night, I mean in a dream. You were driving him in your car through our
gate. Last time I dreamt about him Dolly had measles; she was awfully
ill; she nearly died."
As he spoke, Timmy kept looking round, as if afraid of being overheard.
"I don't mean to tell anyone else," he added confidentially. "You see it
upsets Mum, and makes the others cross, if I say things like that. But
still, I just thought I'd tell _you_.
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