“Then call up your housekeeper, and tell her that I am to come and go here just as if I belonged to the place.”
Frank hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Yes, of course.”
“I’ll tell you why, Frank, my lad,” said Drew quickly. “When your mother leaves the Palace to go to Newgate, she must call here first.”
“Here first! Why?”
“To see me. I shall be here with a very important message from my father to yours. Tell Lady Gowan she must come, for it may mean the saving of your father’s life.”
“But—”
“Don’t raise obstacles, lad,” cried Drew angrily. “Is there anything so strange in her telling the servants to drive to her own house and calling here first?”
“Then it is to take files and ropes,” whispered Frank.
“It is to do nothing of the sort,” said Drew sharply. “Such plans would be childish. Lady Gowan will not be asked to do anything to help her husband to escape. It can’t be done that way, Frank. Now, then, you are man enough to think for her in this emergency. Tell her what to do, and she will cling to you and follow your advice. Will you do this?”
“Will I do it!” cried the lad. “Is there anything I would not do to spare her pain?”