“We’ve absolutely nothing to fear, I tell you,” she exclaimed impatiently. “Hugh is as safely out of the way as if he were in his grave.”
“And what of the others—Egerton, for instance?”
“He dare not breathe a word. As a matter of fact, he is ignorant of the whereabouts of his friend.”
“Is Holt to be relied upon?”
“Absolutely. He has left the country.”
“Oh! Where is he?”
“In America Through some unexplained cause he took a passage to New York. I expect he is in disgrace.”
“Does he share?”
“Of course. He has written me a long letter announcing his intention not to return to England at present, and giving an address in Chicago where I am to send the money.”
“Very good,” Graham said approvingly. “As long as we can safely rely upon the secret being preserved, we need apprehend nothing.”