"Get rid of all the guests as quickly as you can, Winnie.

While they're about there's always a danger of eavesdroppers and of watchers." "I've already announced that I'm going up to Inverness next week, so within the next day or two our friends will all leave." "Good! Then the ground will be cleared for action," he remarked, blowing a cloud of smoke from his lips.

"What's your decision regarding the girl ?" "The same as yours." "But she hates me, you know," laughed the man in gray flannel.
"Yes; but she fears you at the same time, and with her you can do more by fear than by love." "True.

But she's got a spirit of her own, recollect." "That must be broken." "And what about Walter ?" "Oh, as soon as he finds out the truth he'll drop her, never fear.

He's already rather fond of that tall, dark girl of Dundas's.