As the big car moved away, they saw Mrs.Taine lean forward to speak to the chauffeur while James Rutlidge, who was in the front seat, turned and shook his head as though in protest.

The woman appeared to insist.

The machine slowed down, as though the chauffeur, in doubt, awaited the outcome of the discussion.

Then, just in front of that neighboring house, Rutlidge seemed to yield abruptly, and the automobile turned suddenly in toward the curb and stopped.

Mrs.Taine alighted, and disappeared in the depths of the orange grove.
Aaron King and Conrad Lagrange looked at each other, for a moment, in questioning silence.