She passed her apron over her face, and drew a long breath of relief. Geoffrey turned to the door.
“I will be back at six this evening,” he said. “Shall I find it done?”
She bowed her head.
His first condition accepted, he proceeded to the second.
“When the opportunity offers,” he resumed, “I shall go up to my room. I shall ring the dining room bell first. You will go up before me when you hear that—and you will show me how you did it in the empty house?”
She made the affirmative sign once more.
At the same moment the door in the passage below was opened and closed again. Geoffrey instantly went down stairs. It was possible that Anne might have forgotten something; and it was necessary to prevent her from returning to her own room.
They met in the passage.
“Tired of waiting in the garden?” he asked, abruptly.
She pointed to the dining-room.