Before this, hours ago, they must have met.

If Jean had come out of that meeting unharmed, it was time for him to be showing up at Adare House.

Still greater perturbation filled Philip's mind when he recalled the unpleasant skill of the mysterious forest man's fighting.

He had been more than his equal in swiftness and trickery; he was certainly Jean's.
Should he make some excuse and follow Jean's trail?
He asked himself this question a dozen times without arriving at an answer.

Then it occurred to him that Jean might have some definite reason for not returning to Adare House immediately.