I had no longer an ear for Doctor Mayhew, but the sense followed the footstep until it reached the topmost stairpassed along the passageand stoppedsuddenly at our door.

Even the notions and dry-goods, flanking the right wall in stacks and bolts, merge into blur, the outline of a white-sateen and corseted woman's torso surmounting the topmost of the shelves with bold curvature.