She fastened the cupboard again presently, and turned about with a little shiver. “Best shut the door, hadn’t you?” she called to Kirkby. “It’s getting a bit chilly.” He shut it. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or variant spelling has been retained. The cover image for this eBook was created by the transcriber using the original cover and is entered into the public domain.