VIII
STOLEN
“This is, truly, a surprise!” Miss Cavendish exclaimed. “Who would ever have thought of meeting you two in this out-of-the-way place.”
“Here, too!” replied Macloud.
“When did you return, Geoffrey?” she inquired.
“From abroad?—I haven’t gone,” said Croyden. “The business still holds me.”
She looked at him steadily a moment—Macloud was talking to Miss Brundage.
“How much longer will it hold you?” she asked.