I feel assured that when Mr.
Layton and his daughter know the truth about you they will decline to associate with you." Whatever else might be urged against the Italian, he was no coward.

Such language might well have led to a fierce attack on him by a man so greatly his superior in physical strength.

But Robert sat down, near the door.
"You have some object in coming here to-day," he said.

"What is it ?" Margaret remained standing near the fire-place.

Capella produced a bundle of papers.
"I am here," he said, "to unmask the woman who unfortunately bears my name, and at the same time to prevent you from getting Miss Layton to marry you under false pretences." "A worthy programme!" observed Frazer suavely.