Morne listened without a word, but once he put his hand to his pocket, as if feeling for something. He drew it away, empty. When the story was over, he looked at Palfrey steadily and said with great deliberation: ‘You saw me put the key into my pocket, did you not?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘It is not there now. Blackshaw, where did you get the key?’ ‘From its usual place, sir.’ ‘Is it there now?’ ‘I put it back,’ said Blackshaw. The key was on the hook from which Morne had taken it the previous night. Hardy took it with a polite murmur, and wrapped it in a handkerchief.’ Morne looked at the footman. ‘Ask Sir Claude to come here at once.’ ‘Markham is out, looking for you,’ said Palfrey. He thought that would bring about an explosion, but Morne kept his composure. He sent Blackshaw and the footman away. Palfrey told the story of the hunt again, more briefly than to Drusilla. Morne did not change his expression, even when he learned of the finding of Halsted’s body. His silence, the steady gaze from his bloodshot eyes, created an atmosphere of great tension.
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