"A sudden flitting!" He had been ordered to detail two of his best men to accompany Madame Louison to Calcutta, in a special car leaving at midnight.

"Telegraph to your head office in Calcutta of my arrival.

Major Alan Hawke will represent me here, under written orders to be left with your Calcutta manager.

Send this on in cipher." She handed him a long dispatch to his chief.
Madame Berthe Louison was seen in Delhi, in public, for the last time, as she gazed steadily at the brilliant throng on the lawns of the marble house.

A fete Champetre had brought "all of Delhi" together, and the conspicuous absence of "the French Countess" was the reigning sensation.
The tall, bent form of Hugh Fraser Johnstone was prominent reigning as host, under a great marquee.