Refusing to accompany Rickmansworth to the entertainment the latter was bound for, he strolled out into the quiet walks outside the Kurhaus, which were deserted by visitors and peopled only by a few frugal natives, who saved their money and took the music of the band from a cheap distance.

But surely some power was fighting for him, for before he had gone a hundred yards he saw on one of the seats in front of him two persons whom the light of the moon clearly displayed as Kate and Haddington.

At Baden there is a little hillside--one path runs at the bottom, another runs along the side of the hill, halfway up.

Ayre hastily diverted his steps into the upper path.

A minute's walk brought him directly behind the pair.