At any moment he might be seen and recognised." "Hardly recognised," she said.

"His beard disguises him, and his dress--" She shuddered at the very thought of the figure he had cut, he, the jaunty, dandy Richard Butler.
"That is something, of course," he agreed.

And then asked: "How long do you think that you could keep him hidden ?" "I don't know.

You see, there's Bridget.

She is the only danger, as she has charge of my dressing-room." "It may be desperate, but--Can you trust her ?" "Oh, I am sure I can.