"He's a most excellent fellow," declared the old general. "Cartwright told me so the other day in the club. Cartwright was ambassador in Petrograd before the war."
Enid remembered this as she stood there, her hands behind her back.
"Before I left I heard that Paul had been called unexpectedly to Paris," he said a few moments later. "Has he returned?"
"Not yet, I believe. I had a letter from Blanche this morning. When it was written, two days ago, he was still absent." Then she added: "There is some mystery regarding his visit to the capital. Blanche left for Paris yesterday, I believe, for she had telegraphed to him, but received no reply."
"She has gone to Paris!" he echoed. "Why did she go? It was silly!"
"Well—because she is puzzled, I think. It was very strange that Paul, even though at the very gate, did not leave those two men and wish her adieu."
"Two men—what two men?" he asked in affected ignorance.
"The two men who stopped the car and demanded to speak with him," she said; and, continuing, described to him that remarkable midnight incident close to the château.
"No doubt he went to Paris upon some important business," Fetherston said, reassuring her. "It was, I think, foolish of his wife to follow. At least, that's my opinion."
He knew that when madame arrived in Paris the ghastly truth must, sooner or later, be revealed.