"Mr. and Miss Stanmore have called, sir."
"I do not think I know them, do I?" asked Dick.
"I don't know, sir. They live not far from the South Park gates. They are old residents, sir."
Whether there was something in the tone of the man's voice, or whether he desired company other than Romanoff's, I cannot tell. Certain it is that, acting on impulse and scarcely realising what he was doing, he said:
"Show them in here, Jenkins, will you?"
CHAPTER IX
Beatrice Stanmore
"You don't mind, do you?" asked Dick, turning to Romanoff when the man had left the room.