“Yes, certainly, Hester, I do not require you any longer,” said Nance.
“Thank you, madam,” replied the girl.
She went softly across the room, opened the door, went out, and shut it behind her.
Rowton was still busy examining the dress.
“I am going for the jewels,” he repeated. “We must see the effect complete.”
“It really is not safe, Mr. Rowton, to have jewels lying about at the present moment,” said Lady Georgina. “We were talking about those mysterious burglaries which are taking place in the neighbourhood just when you came in.”
“Ah, of course,” said Rowton. “How clever burglars are in the present day! Have the police yet got the least inkling as to the scoundrels who have broken into Castle Stewart?”
“Not they. Police, I think, are born without brains,” said Lady Georgina in a fretful tone. “But the Stewarts are not the only victims. The Frasers at Belton Priory have also had their place broken into.”
“You don’t say so!” cried Rowton.