"From the worst of all quarters. Fanks has found you out."
"Ah!" she sat back suddenly and her face turned pale with apprehension. "Is he here?"
Hersham nodded. "I sent a telegram to warn you not to answer his questions."
"I did not receive it."
"I guessed you would not," replied her lover, with a nod. "Fanks visited me to-day, and left me with the intention of coming down here to see you. I sent the wire. Then I fancied that he might manage to get it delayed at the office here. I did not dare to go by Waterloo, as I made sure he would have the station watched. In this dilemma there was nothing left for me to do but to come down on my bicycle, which I did. I rode to Warby's boat-house, left my machine there, and came on to warn you."
Anne considered for a few minutes. "How was it that Mr. Fanks found me out?" she asked anxiously.
"He saw your portrait in my rooms."
"What was he doing in your rooms?"
"He came to question me about the cross tattooed on my arm."
"Did you tell him anything?"