"We are waiting, my dear."
"But why isn't he here?" she repeated.
"How can we possibly say?" ejaculated Cassis testily. "In a venture of this kind——"
She caught up the word "venture" and threw it back at him.
"No message, nothing."
Cranbourne was about to answer, but Torrington interrupted him to tell her of the dog rose Lord Almont had received.
"That was from him—that was from Tony," she cried. "I gave him a spray of them on the night he started."
"That's encouraging," said Lord Almont.
But Cassis was not in a mood to be encouraged.
"It may mean much or little," he snorted. "Still, there is nothing to prevent our hoping."