She could hear the voices of the servants in the dining-room round the angle of the house, and see the light from its windows lying in frames upon the grass.

Then the light went out, and silence fell.
From time to time the hum of a motor-car swelled and diminished to its last faint vibrations on the distant road; and as each car passed Jenny stiffened at her post.

She looked at her watch, turning the dial to the moonlight.

It was ten minutes past nine now.

The cars had left Rackham Park well before nine.