Alice decided that the mental indigestion of the rich sat heavily upon him. She felt her temper rising and took advantage of the approach of Beauchamp to leave quickly.
“Oh, Lieutenant! Have you seen Valencia?”
The Englishman showed surprise. It happened that Alice had at that moment a view of Mrs. Van Tyle stretched on a deck chair some thirty feet away.
Miss Frome hurried him along. Presently, with a low laugh, she explained. “I wanted to get away from him. Carelessly, I dropped a new idea there. It's likely to go off. You know how dangerous they are.”
“To people who haven't many. Had it anything to do with making money?”
“Not directly.”
“Then you needn't be alarmed on our stout friend's account. He's immune to all ideas not connected with that subject.”
The double blast of a trumpet invited them to dinner down stairs.
Part 4
Dunn was sitting in the smoking room writing his story of the kidnapping when a ruddy young Englishman stopped opposite him.