Strange rose, and walked twice up and down the room.
"Persuade Rob to act reasonably," he went on, "and you will have his ultimate gratitude, and, what is more, that of the Duke as well. Will you help us?"
"I'll see Rob," she replied.
"Thank you..."
"But only on two conditions."
"Yes?"
"That I see him alone, and that he has a fair week to think it over."
Strange hesitated.
"Your first condition is, of course, simple," he replied, "but the second is more difficult." And he hurried from the room.
In a minute or two he returned,