"He did not get them if he did," said Allen, "else he and Father Don would not have gone to see Mask and thus have risked arrest. No, my dear Eva, the whole secret is known to Butsey. He can tell the truth. If he keeps his promise, and comes here we shall know all: if he does not, we'll let the matter alone. I'll go to Bolivia about this business, and return to marry you."
"And then we'll bury the bad old past," said Eva, "and begin a new life, darling. But, Allen, do you think Miss Lorry knows anything?"
"What, that circus woman? I can't say. It was certainly queer she should have been in that den. What a woman for your cousin to marry."
"I don't know if he will marry after all," said Eva.
"I believe old Lady Ipsen will stop the marriage."
"How do you know?"
"Because she wrote to say she was coming to see me. She says she will come unexpectedly, as she has something to tell me."
Allen coloured. He hoped to avoid old Lady Ipsen as he did not forget that she had accused his mother of stealing the Delham heirloom. However, he merely nodded and Eva went on: "Of course I am willing to be civil to her and shall see her. But she's a horrid old woman, Allen, and has behaved very badly to me. I am her granddaughter, and she should have looked after me. I won't let her do so now. Well, Allen, that's one piece of news I had to tell you. The next is about Giles Merry."
"What about him?"
"I received a letter from Shanton written by Miss Lorry. That was when you were away. She sent it over by Butsey."