When his sister returned home and found the door of Rose’s room standing open, she hurried into the sitting room and confronted Mr. Derdon where he sat before the fire.

“I see the door of the room is open,” she said.

“I thought it had been closed long enough,” he said. “We can’t make a shrine out of her room.”

“Did you go into the room?” she asked.

“Yes,” he said. “I went in there.”

He looked up at her.