CHAPTER VI.
Mr.Thorpe was as good as his word.

He arranged for the meeting between Braden and Anne, but with characteristic astuteness laid his plans so that they were to come upon each other unexpectedly.

It happened on the second day after his talk with Braden.
Mr.Thorpe's plan involved other people as well as the two most vitally interested.

There was to be a meeting at his house late in the afternoon for the purpose of signing the ante-nuptial contract already agreed upon.
Five o'clock was the hour set for the gathering.

Lawyers representing both parties were to be there, with Mrs.Tresslyn, George and Anne, and Mr.
Thorpe's private secretary, who, with Dr.Bates, was to serve as a witness to the instrument.
At noon Wade delivered a letter to Miss Tresslyn in which Mr.Thorpe said that he would be pleased if she would accompany him to Tiffany's for the purpose of selecting a string of pearls.