It was the girl who broke silence first.
"Mr. French said last night we were 'done,' and I'm afraid he never spoke a truer word."
"The only thing I can think of," said Mr. Dashwood, "is for me to go over to Ireland and try to talk Giveen over."
"You don't know him. He's a fool, and a vicious fool at that. You can't talk a man like that over."
"Well, we might bribe him."
"Mr. French has no money to bribe him with. All his money is on this race."
"The City and Suburban is run on the 15th," said Mr. Dashwood meditatively, "so we have more than twelve days. Bother! So has this man Lewis. I say, this Giveen must be a beast. What makes him so anxious to have his knife into French?"
"I believe I have something to do with Mr. Giveen having his knife into Mr. French," said Miss Grimshaw. "Didn't Mr. French tell you about the boating affair?"
"No," said Mr. Dashwood.
"Well, Mr. Giveen took me out in the boat at Drumgool to see the coast."