The silence of his niece on that same topic was alarming, but the position could not be so bad if she was willing to leave for the coast without seeing him again.

No secret was made of Philip's errand into the interior.

The homeward-bound cavalcade would be at Pesqueira ere he returned to the _finca_.
Carmela, of course, did not believe in a woman's complacency in such a vital matter.

She was ever prepared to spring, to strike, to wrench their plans to suit her own ends; but, contrive as she might, she could not succeed in leaving Iris alone with Bulmer.

Full of device, she was foiled at each turn.