She went with him to the porte-cochère where his car was already waiting.
"Good luck!" she tried to call cheerfully, in spite of her misgivings.
Long after his car had disappeared in the distance she stood there gazing after it, a world of anxiety in her eyes.
CHAPTER XX
Darkness had settled down upon Brent Rock, following the departure of Locke, when a trim runabout drew up under the porte-cochère and Dora stepped lightly out of it.
She paused for a moment and looked about curiously. For some time she hesitated. In this house lived the girl whom in her heart Dora hated bitterly.
What sort of reception might she expect? Yet Paul and his underworldlings had played on Dora's pride until they had prevailed on her to undertake the mission. As she looked about all her old assurance came back to her and Dora turned and approached the door boldly.
Eva was just about to go up-stairs to her room when she heard the butler at the door and a woman's voice asking whether Miss Brent was at home. Eva paused a moment.
There was evidently a slight altercation between the butler and the new-comer as the latter raised her voice sharply.
"You will tell Miss Brent I must see her," reiterated Dora.