Do you see that ?' 'Well--' Mr.Van Torp hesitated, with his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets.
Across the lawn, from the open window, Margaret's voice rang out like a score of nightingales in unison.
'There's no time to discuss it,' Lady Maud said.

'I asked her to sing, so as to keep the people together.

Before she has finished, you must be out of reach.' Mr.Van Torp smiled.

'You're remarkably positive about it,' he said.
'You must get to town before the Scotland Yard people, and I don't know how much start they will give you.

It depends on how long Mr.
Griggs and Logotheti can keep them in the old study.