Logotheti broke the short silence that followed her last speech.
'I think you ought to know something I have been telling Miss Donne,' he said simply.

'I've found the man who wrote all those articles, and I've locked him up.' Lady Maud leaned forward so suddenly that her loosened opera-cloak slipped down behind her, leaving her neck and shoulders bare.

Her eyes were wide open in her surprise, the pupils very dark.
'Where ?' she asked breathlessly.

'Where is he?
In prison ?' 'In a more convenient and accessible place,' answered the Greek.
He had known Lady Maud some time, but he had never seen her in the least disturbed, or surprised, or otherwise moved by anything.

It was true that he had only met her in society.
He told the story of Mr.Feist, as Margaret had heard it during dinner, and Lady Maud did not move, even to lean back in her seat again, till he had finished.