Farquhar met him at the door of the shabby house and piloted him to the cab in which Guy Rossett and Isobel were seated.
“Here is the third passenger,” he said. Moreno got in and looked triumphantly at the two. “Well, what do you think of the English Secret Service?” he cried in exultant tones. “Mr Rossett is saved, I have escaped without suspicion, and my good friend the Chief of Police will make a splendid haul upstairs. He played up splendidly. Well, I think, after to-night the anarchist movement will have a big set-back in Spain.”
The cab drove along. Isobel was deposited at the Godwins’. Rossett was put down at his own flat. Moreno was conveyed to the residence of the Chief of Police, where he was to pass the night.
A telegram was awaiting Guy. It was from his sister Mary.
“I was summoned to Aunt Henrietta this morning. She had passed away before I arrived.”
Chapter Twenty Three.
The next morning Guy Rossett and Farquhar were admitted to a private audience of the King. A gracious message had been transmitted to Moreno through the agency of the Chief of Police. It would not have been very politic on the part of that enterprising young man to show himself at the Palace.
His Majesty thanked them both warmly for their services, and was very interested in the details which they gave him of that eventful evening.