And you insist--insist, in my presence--on his being sent away! What does it mean ?" "You shall know what it means, Lady Janet, in half an hour.

I don't insist--I only reiterate my entreaty.

Let the man be sent away." Julian stepped aside (with his aunt's eyes angrily following him) and spoke to the police officer.

"Go back to the station," he said, "and wait there till you hear from me." The meanly vigilant eyes of the man in plain clothes traveled sidelong from Julian to Mercy, and valued her beauty as they had valued the carpet and the chairs.

"The old story," he thought.