"Only because I saw you watching them," said I, recalling the whole scene.
"They wanted watching," rejoined Miss Belsize dryly. "They followed Mr. Raffles out of the ground!"
"So they did!" I reflected aloud in my alarm.
"They were following you both when you met us."
"The dickens they were! Was that the first you saw of them?"
"No; the first time was over there at the nets before play began. I noticed those two men behind Teddy's net. They were not watching him; that called my attention to them. It's my belief they were lying in wait for Mr. Raffles; at any rate, when he came they moved away. But they followed us afterwards across the ground."
"You are sure of that?"
"I looked round to see," said Miss Belsize, avoiding my eyes for the first time.
"Did you think the men—detectives?"
And I forced a laugh.