She waited until the obedient and discreet Miss Armytage had passed
from view into the wing that contained the adjutant's private
quarters, then sinking limp and nerveless to her chair:
"Now," she bade them, "please tell me."
And O'Moy, with a sigh of regret for the lie so laboriously concocted
which would never now be uttered, delivered himself huskily of the
hideous truth.
CHAPTER Ill
COUNT SAMOVAL
Miss Armytage's own notions of what might be fit and proper for her
virginal ears were by no means coincident with Lady O'Moy's. Thus,
although you have seen her pass into the private quarters of the
adjutant's establishment, and although, in fact, she did withdraw
to her own room, she found it impossible to abide there a prey to
doubt and misgivings as to what Dick Butler might have done - doubt
and misgivings, be it understood, entertained purely on Una's
account and not at all on Dick's.
By the corridor spanning the archway on the southern side of the
quadrangle, and serving as a connecting bridge between the adjutant's
private and official quarters, Miss Armytage took her way to Sir
Terence's work-room, knowing that she would find Captain Tremayne
there, and assuming that he would be alone.
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