In the second
place, Mrs. Wragge had, on her own confession, seen Mrs. Lecount, had
talked with Mrs. Lecount, and had ended by telling Mrs. Lecount the
story of the ghost. Having made these discoveries, Captain Wragge wasted
no time in contending with his wife's terror and confusion. He withdrew
at once to a window which commanded an uninterrupted prospect of Noel
Vanstone's house, and there established himself on the watch for events
at Sea View, precisely as Mrs. Lecount had established herself on the
watch for events at North Shingles.
Not a word of comment on the disaster of the morning escaped him when
Magdalen returned and found him at his post. His flow of language seemed
at last to have run dry. "I told you what Mrs. Wragge would do," he
said, "and Mrs. Wragge has done it." He sat unflinchingly at the window
with a patience which Mrs. Lecount herself could not have surpassed. The
one active proceeding in which he seemed to think it necessary to engage
was performed by deputy. He sent the servant to the inn to hire a chaise
and a fast horse, and to say that he would call himself before noon that
day and tell the hostler when the vehicle would be wanted.
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