Clara drew back into the coupé hastily. The gentleman coming from the house in question was Poubalov, and he was walking toward them.
[CHAPTER XXV.]
A STUBBORN ANTAGONIST.
"Stay just where you are, Michael," exclaimed Clara, "and don't let that man see your face."
Mike did as directed, pushing his head and shoulders far into the coupé and whispering:
"It isn't him, is it, miss, who's got anything to do with the case?"
"Yes," she replied in a low tone, while she and Paul kept as far back in the gloom of the carriage as they could; "have you ever seen him before?"
"Yes'm, he was down to the stables the day this gentleman called, askin' would I know the man who did the trick to me wheel."