“In that case Professor Panagiotis must have a good deal on his conscience—in the way of forgery and so on.”
“I think we may safely say that his conscience will never trouble him to the point of making him confess,” said Armitage.
“And therefore we shall never know, I suppose,” said Zoe.
“Not unless Terminoff quarrels with the Professor, and splits.”
“Or the Professor quarrels with us all, and writes his memoirs. But in that case one could hardly depend on what he said, so it would be as doubtful as ever.”
“Whenever it was,” said Armitage with conviction, “Princess Theophanis knew of it last night. She is in it with him.” Zoe’s eyes met his, and he saw that she agreed with him.
“Do you mean, lady,” said Danaë, rousing herself from her trance of bewilderment, “that all the time they told me I was preserving the throne for my brother and Jannaki, I was keeping it for your brother instead?”
“I am afraid it looks like it, Danaë,” said Zoe gently. “You would not have done it if you had known?”
“I would have done it for you, lady,” was the doleful reply.
“But if it means that Princess Zoe will live here instead of at Klaustra?” suggested Armitage.