At least there will be time to-morrow for that.' 'You MUST go--Good-night.' He left her, but waited in the veranda, reassuring himself by the sound of movements on the other side of the closed door.

When all was silent, and the candles extinguished, he went back to his own room.
He saw on the dressing-table his watch and chain with the key detached beside them--a confirmnation of the truth of what Lady Bridget had told him.

But she had forgotten to tell him of the note she had left also, and, naturally, he did not look for it.

Had he known and looked he would have discovered that the note was gone..