"I have just an idea, however, that this morning's excursion was a little too much even for Jane." "What do you mean ?" Tallente asked eagerly.

Lady Alice looked at him over the top of her fan.

She was a woman of instinct.

"I had a telegram from her just before I came out," she said.

"There wasn't much in it, but it gave me an idea that after all perhaps she is thinking of a short visit to town.