Probably he had come to report about Lady Agnes.
"What is it, sister ?" demanded Pine sharply, and making a sign that Silver should stop talking.
"Does the camp travel to-morrow, brother ?" "Perhaps, yes," retorted Pine abruptly.
"And perhaps no, brother, if you use your power." Silver raised his faint eyebrows and looked questioningly at his employer, as if to ask what this cryptic sentence meant.

Pine knew only too well, since Chaldea had impressed him thoroughly with the fact that she had overheard many of his secrets.

Therefore he did not waste time in argument, but nodded quietly.

"Sleep in peace, sister.

The camp shall stay, if you wish it." "I do wish it!" She glanced at Silver and changed her speech to Romany.
"The ring will be here," tapping her finger, "in one week if we stay." "So be it, sister," replied Pine, also in Romany, and with a gleam of satisfaction in his dark eyes.