"I like him, too; and I'd like him for a friend," said the guileless girl.
"It is very good to have a friend like Mr. Norton," added Jones; and passed out into the kitchen. All the help had been discharged and upon his shoulders lay the burden of the cooking till such time when he could reinstate the cook.
There was a stormy scene between Braine and the countess that night.
THERE WAS A STORMY SCENE BETWEEN BRAINE AND THE PRINCESS
"Are you in your dotage?" she asked vehemently.
"There, there; bring your voice down a bit. Where's the girl?"
"In her home. Where did you suppose she would be, after that botchwork of letting me go to do one thing while you had in mind another? And an ordinary pair of cutthroats, at that!"
"The thought came to me after you left. I knew you'd recognize the men and understand. I see no reason why it didn't work."