You see, there's Bridget. She is the only danger,
as she has charge of my dressing-room."
"It may be desperate, but - Can you trust her?"
"Oh, I am sure I can. She is devoted to me; she would do
anything - "
"She must be bought as well. Devotion and gain when linked
together will form an unbreakable bond. Don't let us be stingy,
Una. Take her into your confidence boldly, and promise her a
hundred guineas for her silence - payable on the day that Dick
leaves the country."
"But how are we to get him out of the country?"
"I think I know a way. I can depend on Marcus Glennie. I may tell
him the whole truth and the identity of our man, or I may not. I
must think about that. But, whatever I decide, I am sure I can
induce Glennie to take our fugitive home in the Telemachus and land
him safely somewhere in Ireland, where he will have to lose himself
for awhile. Perhaps for Glennie's sake it will be safer not to
disclose Dick's identity. Then if there should be trouble later,
Glennie, having known nothing of the real facts, will not be held
responsible. I will talk to him to-night."
"Do you think he will consent?" she asked in strained anxiety -
anxiety to have her anxieties dispelled.
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