They had reached the gate and passed through it on to the road. A little way down it a red tail-lamp glowed; they walked towards it.
"Mr. Amberley, how much do you know already?" Shirley asked abruptly.
She knew that he was smiling. "Something for nothing, Miss Brown?"
"If I only knew - had some idea - I don't know what to do. Why should I trust you?"
"Feminine instinct," said Mr. Amberley. "If you'd only tell me…'
"I shan't tell you anything. You shall come all the way. Didn't I say so?"
"You're quite unreasonable," she said crossly, and got into the car.
Chapter Thirteen
Mr. Amberley breakfasted early next morning, and had been to Upper Nettlefold and back before the rest of the family had risen from the table. He sauntered in to find Sir Humphrey fuming and Felicity just about to go out.
Sir Humphrey was declaiming against the dilatory methods of glaziers, but he stopped when he saw his nephew and requested him to listen to that fellow Fountain's behaviour. Felicity slipped from the room, making a grimace at her cousin.