To Eglington it was a relief that there was one human being--he thought there was only one--who read him through and through; and that knowledge was in itself as powerful an influence as was the secret between David and Hylda.

It was a kind of confessional, comforting to a nature not self-contained.

Now he restrained his cynical intention to deal David a side-thrust, and quietly said: "We shall meet at Hamley, shall we not?
Let us talk there, and not at the Foreign Office.

You would care to go to Egypt, Hylda ?" She forced a smile.

"Let us talk it over at Hamley." With a smile to David she turned away to some friends.
Eglington offered to introduce David to some notable people, but he said that he must go--he was fatigued after his journey.