"She has made it my business."
"Do you mean to say you have been sent to watch me?"
"Yes, I am going to see that you are going to leave England, as intended."
"Then that is another score I will have to settle with you."
Without a word more, Frederic Vernon turned on his heel and hurried away.
Robert continued to the post-office for the mail, and then purchased a railroad and steamship guide.
In the guide he found that a steamer for Australia would sail from Liverpool on the next Tuesday at noon. He also learned where tickets could be procured, and the rate of fare.
With this information he returned to Mrs. Vernon.
One of the letters from America interested the lady deeply.
"I ought to return to Chicago at once," she said, after reading it. "There is to be a change in a manufacturing company in which I hold a large interest."