He glanced from the window, with the hope of escaping the two human beings whom he dreaded more than the whole mocking world; but it was too lofty to admit of a leap to the ground.
"Who is yonder strange man that seems to be watching the house?" he queried.
Was it his shaken nerves and sense of guilt which led him to suspect danger and trouble on every side?
"There is no help for it," he exclaimed, grinding his teeth; and, opening the door, he hastened from the house, looking neither to the right hand nor to the left.