"Has she driven over to Ujlak, then?"
"Yes. And after that she is going to try to see Philip. I was thinking," Rosemary went on, "that you or I might telephone to General Naniescu and use what influence we possess to induce him to let Elza see the two children."
"By all means," Jasper assented. Then he added: "I think it will come best from you."
He was watching Rosemary closely. She was kneeling beside the huge porcelain stove, which is such a feature in country houses in this part of the world, and was trying to undo the catch of the door. She still had the manuscript in her hand.
"What are you trying to do, little one?" he asked.
"To open the door of the stove," she replied. "Then, if you will give me a match . . ."
"Such a hurry?" he queried with a smile.
"Evil in any form is best destroyed as quickly as possible."
"That is true on principle. But in this case . . ."
"Well?"