"Because of the name of Roborey?"
"Because of that, and for other reasons, which will compel me perhaps, according to circumstances, to undertake unexpected enterprises ... dangerous ones. At that moment, Saint-Quentin, you must follow me—boldly."
"Go on, Dorothy. Tell me what it is exactly."
"Nothing.... Nothing definite at present.... One word, however. The man who was aiming at you this morning, the man in the blouse, is here."
"Never! He's here, do you say? You've seen him? With the policemen?"
She smiled.
"Not yet. But that may happen. Where have you put those earrings?"
"At the bottom of the basket, in a little card-board box with a rubber ring round it."
"Good. As soon as the performance is over, stick them in that clump of rhododendrons between the gates and the coach-house."
"Have they found out that they've disappeared?"