Still it is best to avoid all risks, and I shall treat the marriage as the ordinary conventional love-match, without hinting at any connection between it and Miss King's peculiar art.

When I've settled things up with him--that'll be about twelve or one o'clock, if I get at him before he starts fishing for the day--I shall go down to the village and get a hold of Simpkins.

He'll be in his office, I expect.

I shall lunch with him, and then lead him up and lay him at Miss King's feet." "Will he go for you?
He hasn't shown any great eagerness for the match so far." "I shan't give him much choice," said Meldon.

"I shall tell him that the thing has got to be done at once.