"Both the Hudson's Bay Company and Reveillon Freres have threatened to put it out of business, but it still remains.

Perhaps that is owned by Lang, too." He had joined Adare at the window.

The next moment both men were staring at the same object in a mutual surprise.

Into the white snow space between the house and the forest there had walked swiftly the slim, red-clad figure of Josephine, her face turned to the forest, her hair falling in a long braid down her back.
The master of Adare chuckled exultantly.
"There goes our little Red Riding Hood!" he rumbled.

"She beat us after all, Philip.