"Who knows of this?"

"Only you and I and my mother."

"That is true, is it?"

"It is."

"Miss Midharst has no suspicion of it?"

"Not the slightest. Only three people on earth know it. The three I have named."

"Keep the secret where it is, and meet me here to-morrow at noon. I shall then let you know what I intend doing."


CHAPTER IX.

BANKER AND BARONET.