Some further discussion followed, and then Hilda asked:
"I suppose, by the way you speak, that you saw nothing more of them?"
"No."
"You were not tracked?"
"No."
"Where did you go after leaving the hotel?"
"I left London that evening for Southampton, and then I went west to Bristol; after that to Chetwynde. I staid at Chetwynde till I got your note."
"Did you not see any thing in any of the papers which might lead to the suspicion that you were sought after, or that any thing was being done?"
"No, nothing whatever."
"If any thing is going on, then, it must be in secret."