“It was more than two hours ago. I am cold and tired with waiting. Was it necessary to keep me here so long?”
“Quite,” she answered. “I came as soon as it was safe.”
“Who has been with your brother to-night?” he asked.
“How do you know that we have not been alone?”
He pointed to the light still burning in the window.
“That light,” he said. “See, it is just extinguished. Your visitor has gone.”
She laughed bitterly.
“You are well served—by my servants,” she said.
“It is for all our interests! The visitor?”