It was past midnight when they reached the hotel, where Buist was awaiting them in great anxiety.

The sight of them set his mind at rest; but to this day he is inclined to believe that Sir Tancred had a hand in the kidnapping of Dorothy, and that Selina was an accomplice.
To his intimates he speaks of him with great respect as "a mastermind of crime." They were all very hungry and they supped at great length, in very good spirits.

As they were going upstairs to bed, Tinker succeeded in keeping Dorothy back.
"It's all very well your being the daughter of a millionaire," he said with some severity.

"But an employer has his rights.

I can't lose a governess who suits Elsie so well, straight off.