"All the better for us!"
Then hastily he opened his letters. Three were from autograph hunters, and he thrust them into the pocket of his coat. The fourth was from Armand Gillier. When Claude saw the name of his collaborator he stood still and read the note frowning.
"Letters! Always letters!" said Charmian, coming up. "Anything interesting, Claudie?"
"Gillier is coming out after all."
"Armand Gillier!"
"Yes. Or—he arrived to-day, I expect, though this was posted in France. What day does the Philadelphia—"
"This morning," said Alston.
"Then he's here."
Charmian looked disgusted.
"It's bad taste on his part. After his horrible efforts to ruin the opera he ought to have kept away."