13/14 It was, and read as follows:-- "Capella arrives Whitby five o'clock. I know everything he has to tell you. If he becomes offensive, boot him." Robert did not show the message to his cousin. He gave her its general purport, and added: "Prepare yourself for an ordeal, but be brave. Perhaps your husband is in the hotel now, as he must have reached here half an hour ago." He had barely uttered the words when Mrs.Capella's maid approached. |