Lady Mildred crossed the room and pressed the button of the bell.
“It is for your sake, Lady Mildred, and——”
The footman came in and Lady Mildred turned to him.
“Please show this gentleman from the house, and in the future I am not at home to him.”
As she spoke she moved away, and her face was eloquent of contempt.
The Baron hesitated and then, with a final shrug, left the room without saying another word, for he recognized that he was defeated.
CHAPTER XVIII
It was with a feeling of great anxiety that Edward Drake saw Lady Mildred leave the billiard room to go to Baron de Croiseuil, for he quickly guessed the reason of the Belgian’s visit. Although Gaunt had not gone into details it was evident from what he had said that there was much in his Congo past that he would not care to have reach his wife’s ears. By all accounts the Baron was a most unscrupulous adversary, and would not hesitate to use the knowledge that he possessed.
After a few moments’ thought, Drake hastened to the telephone and got into communication with the city office, only to find that Gaunt was not there.
“Please ask him to come to Park Lane as soon as he returns,” Drake said to Foster the secretary, and then went back to the billiard room.