"He's coming here to-night. My wife—" Astry hesitated over the word and then went on—"asked him. I suppose you're right about him, for there have been some anonymous letters from some French girl whom Eva dismissed."
"And the Billops engaged."
"Did you know that?"
"Macclesfield told me."
"As a warning?"
"I rather think so."
"Good heavens! How many people know all this?"
Belhaven again flushed deeply. "I assure you, Astry, that it's terrible for me to come here to-night."
Astry made a slight, enigmatical gesture. "More so than before?" he asked coolly.
"In a way—yes. I'd greatly prefer that we settled it in the primitive way."