“Oh, that is another matter, because you are so much older!”
He looked at her somewhat enigmatically. “Am I? Well, never mind. Do I understand that this gaud does not belong to you?”
“Good gracious, no! I never saw it before in my life!”
“Oh!” said Sir Richard. “Well, it is always agreeable to have problems solved. Now we know why your friend Mr Yarde had no fear of the Bow Street Runner.”
Chapter 6
Pen let the necklace slip through her fingers on to the table. “You mean that he stole it, and then—and then put it in my pocket? But, sir, this is terrible! Why—why, that Runner will next come after us!”
“I think it more likely that Mr Yarde will come after us.”
“Good God!” Pen said, quite pale with dismay. “What are we to do?”
He smiled rather maliciously. “Didn’t you desire to meet with a real adventure?”
“Yes, but—Oh, do not be absurd and teasing, I beg of you! What shall we do with the necklace? Couldn’t we throw it away somewhere, or hide it in a ditch?”