Isn't it somewhere near here that that little affair, happened the other night ?" "This very spot," Julian assented.

"Miss Abbeway and I were just speaking of it." They both glanced towards her.

She was standing with her back to them, looking out seawards.

She did not move even at the mention of her name.
"A dreary spot at night, I dare say," the Prime Minister remarked, without overmuch interest.

"How do we get home from here, Orden?
I haven't forgotten your warning about luncheon, and this air is giving me a most lively appetite." "Straight along the top of this ridge for about three quarters of a mile, sir, to the entrance of the harbour there." "And then ?" "I have a petrol launch," Julian explained, "and I shall land you practically in the dining room in another ten minutes." "Let us proceed," Mr.Stenson suggested briskly.