"The same," replied Alfred Van Hoosen.
Jack flushed with indignation.
"But, my dear sir, from what I have already told you," he exclaimed, "the man is a scoundrel."
"True; and we must band together to save Lena. I am with you all the time. Yet the danger is imminent. We have had a dispatch."
"From his lordship?"
"Yes, and he is expected here to-day."
Jack looked blankly at Van Hoosen.
"Maltravers to be here to-day?" he ejaculated. "I fought a duel with him in France, and I thought the sword-thrust I gave him, would disable him for some time to come."
A servant entered the room in which they were sitting.
"What is it, John?"