CHAPTER XV
SOLVED
Fay valued his liberty too highly to turn back and search for the reason of the inaction of MacKeenon and Sir Richard Colstrom.
“This way,� he said to Saidee Isaacs as he pointed toward a gravel-strewn roadway which wound around a red brick house. “Follow me and we’ll work west where they can’t find us.�
“But—â€� she said, turning and looking back.
“No, come on! There may be a trick in the way they acted.�
She followed him reluctantly. The thought had come to her that they were leaving something unanswered in the House of the Two Lions. She turned for a second time and sought it out. It showed dark and unimposing through the dew-laden branches of the trees.
Fay urged her on. Their progress after the girl’s second back glance was a dodging one wherein he took every precaution. There were Bobbies about. Sir Richard had the entire night force of Scotland Yard to unleash upon their trail. The braying of the runners out of Vine Street might be heard at any moment.
Finally, as they stopped by a fern-covered crescent, a whistle shrilled which drove them into the shelter of a clump of box-wood. The silver notes were
repeated. They rang the air. They paled the girl’s olive cheeks. She glanced eastward as if seeking protection from Sir Richard.
Turning toward Fay, she moved her lips inaudibly. He laughed with a sudden thought. The danger was only fancied.