“Chosen me for what?”
“You know that a new great campaign will soon begin. It is all arranged. It will necessitate my returning to England and challenging the police. You know also that Jane Foley was to have been my lieutenant-in-chief—for the active part of the operation. You will admit that I can no longer count on her completely. Will you take her place?”
“I’ll help,” said Audrey. “I’ll do what I can. I dare say I shan’t have much money, because one of those ’accidents’ you mentioned has happened to me already.”
“That need not trouble you,” replied Rosamund imperturbable. “I have always been able to get all the money that was needed.”
“Well, I’ll help all I can.”
“That’s not what I ask,” said Rosamund inflexibly. “Will you take Jane Foley’s place? Will you give yourself utterly?”
Audrey answered with sudden vehemence:
“No, I won’t. You didn’t want a definite answer, but there it is.”
“But surely you believe in the cause?”
“Yes.”