“Mr. Superbus!” she called.
“Here, ma’am.” He came out of The Study behind her. “I follered you,” he said; “it wasn’t right to let a lady take risks. Did you see him?”
“Oh, why didn’t you do as I told you?” she wailed.
“My duty was to foller you.” Julius was dogged. “It was safer.”
Which was true.
She put on all the lights of The Study. Nothing apparently had been disturbed except——
She had left the pointer of the combination on the letter “X.” It was now on “A.”
“Bring in the tea,” she said, and continued her inspection.
Mr. Superbus returned with the tray she had filled.
“What we want are cloos,” he said gently, so gently that she did not hear him aright.