"I do believe Evelyn Forbes will be glad to see you.

The most amazing thing about this affair is that none of the many friends Mr.and Mrs.Forbes and their daughter must possess in London has the slightest inkling of the truth.

I suppose the servants are instructed to tell ordinary callers that the various members of the family are out, or some of them indisposed, or something of the sort....

But come along! I hear Bates banging my belongings into the passage.

I'm in a fever to be there and taking part in the row." Soon they were seated in a taxi and speeding to Smith's Hotel, Jermyn Street.
"Have you invited Miss Beale to reside with you while she is in London, Sis ?" said Theydon, allowing his thoughts to dwell for a moment on the less tragic side of events.
"Yes.