He would come in through the
official wing of the building. The guard would admit him without
question, accustomed to seeing him come and go at all hours, nor
would it be remarked that he was accompanied by a man in civilian
dress when he departed. Dick was to be let; down from her ladyship's
balcony to the quadrangle by a rope ladder with which Tremayne
would come equipped, having procured it for the purpose from the
Telemachus.
She hung upon his arm, overwhelming him now with her gratitude,
her parasol sheltering them both from the rays of the sun as they
emerged from the thicket intro the meadowland in full view of the
terrace where Count Samoval and Sir Terence were at that moment
talking earnestly together.
You will remember that O'Moy had undertaken to provide that Count
Samoval's visits to Monsanto should be discontinued. About this
task he had gone with all the tact of which he had boasted himself
master to Colquhoun Grant. You shall judge of the tact for yourself.
No sooner had the colonel left for Lisbon, and Carruthers to return
to his work, than, finding himself alone with the Count, Sir Terence
considered the moment a choice one in which to broach the matter.
"I take it ye're fond of walking, Count," had been his singular
opening move.
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