"So will she.

But never mind!" * * * * * Events flowed on.

Lord and Lady Dunstable came back by tea-time, bringing with them the solicitor, who was also the chief factor of their Scotch estate.

Lord Dunstable looked old and wearied.

He came to find Doris on the lawn, pressing her hand with murmured words of thanks.
"If that child Alice Wigram--of course I remember her well!--brings us information we can go upon, we shall be all right.