“Yes, took them out to Slogberry Moor immediately after breakfast. Miss Durmot came too.”
“I saw you and Vera come back,” said Lady Blonze, “but I didn’t see the Klammersteins. Did you put them down in the village?”
“No,” said Skatterly shortly.
“But where are they? Where did you leave them?”
“We left them on Slogberry Moor,” said Vera calmly.
“On Slogberry Moor? Why, it’s more than thirty miles away! How are they going to get back?”
“We didn’t stop to consider that,” said Skatterly; “we asked them to get out for a moment, on the pretence that the car had stuck, and then we dashed off full speed and left them there.”
“But how dare you do such a thing? It’s most inhuman! Why, it’s been snowing for the last hour.”
“I expect there’ll be a cottage or farmhouse somewhere if they walk a mile or two.”
“But why on earth have you done it?”