And then very slowly we retraced our steps back to the hotel, where an unexpected surprise was, we found, awaiting us.
Chapter Twenty Six.
Contains an Ominous Message.
As we re-entered the pretty winter garden the hall-porter gave Asta a telegram, which she tore open hastily and read, afterwards handing it to me in silence.
To my surprise, I found it to be from Shaw, informing her that he was on his way to Lydford, and asking her to return home that day. The message had been handed in at Bath Railway Station, therefore it appeared that he was already on his way.
“Is there not danger, distinct danger, in this, Mr Kemball?” she queried, in great anxiety. “If Tramu were watching last night, then he will be followed home!”
“I don’t see how we can prevent him from going to Lydford now,” I said. “We have no address where a telegram would reach him.”
Truly the situation was a critical one. Harvey Shaw, all unconscious of being watched, was actually returning to his highly respectable home.