On the next day she organised a picnic in Little Sark, and returned to the Seigneurie at an hour which gave her sufficient time to dress for dinner, but no margin for welcoming visitors.

In consequence she only saw Drake at the dinner-table.

She saw little of him afterwards, for Mr.Le Mesurier pounced upon him after dinner.

'I want to introduce you to Burl,' he said.

'He's Parliamentary agent for the Northern Counties.