Of course he might cause her to be killed; but even in Granada people could not kill one to whom they had seemed to be just married without questions being asked.

Moreover, Betty had friends, and he had enemies who would certainly ask them if she vanished away.

No, he would sign the paper and fight the case afterwards, for he had no time to lose.

Margaret had slipped away from him, and if once she escaped from Spain he knew that he would never see her more.

For aught he knew, she might already have escaped or be married to Peter Brome.