"My dear sir!" said Granger deprecatingly. "But come inside. I want news of our friend Amory."
"He is only a few yards away. I'll fetch him; he is in Uhlan uniform, like me. Is it safe?"
"A little more than safe, I hope," said Granger with a smile. "We have some few hours to spare; not too many, perhaps. You have horses?"
"Yes."
"Tether them behind that shrubbery yonder. I don't recommend the stables. Bring Amory straight into the house."
Pariset hastened back to the spot where he had left Kenneth.
"Come along!" he said. "I have discovered a friend."
"That's capital!" said Kenneth. "Is he an old friend?"
"Not exactly an old friend. It is that old man you saw come to the gate. I have only known him a few days--since I met you, in fact."
"That's odd," said Kenneth, puzzled. "We have been together practically every minute since we met, and I wasn't aware you had made a new acquaintance of any old man except that farmer and his friend the miller."