His companion must have sensed the same fact, for she swiftly drew back beneath the shadow of the vines.
"You meet him," she whispered, "alone.

I would rather he did not find us together." "But can you escape unseen ?" "Yes, under cover of the hedge.

But be very careful what you say." She had vanished before he could interpose, slipping away so noiselessly, he was scarcely aware of her swift action.

His eyes followed the more deliberate movements of the man, who slowly descended the broad steps, pausing when once on the gravelled walk to glance curiously back at the house.

West thought his interest centred on the open window of the room he had occupied, but this was merely a conjecture, for the delay was but for a moment; shortly after Coolidge strolled on directly toward the summer-house, the blue smoke of the cigarette marking his progress.