CHAPTER VI
AN OMNES EXEUNT FROM MORTLAND ROYAL
"Wenn Menschen auseinandergehn
So sagen sie—auf Wiedersehn!
Ja Wiederseh'n."
—Goethe.
Dickson Ingworth returned from the post office with several letters.
He handed three of them to Lothian. One was a business letter from the firm of Ince and Amberley, the other an invitation to a literary dinner at the Trocadero, the third, with foreign stamp and postmark, was for Mary Lothian.
As they drove out of the town, Ingworth was in high spirits. His eyes sparkled, he seemed excited.
"Good news by this post, Dicker?" Gilbert asked.