If they are going to have the grounds patrolled by servants every time they meet, I'm done.

I've cut a pane of glass out of the dome over the library, and I've got a window-cleaning apparatus round at the back, and a ladder.
The passage along the roof is quite easy and there's a good deal of cover amongst the chimneys, but if they get a hint, it will be touch and go." Hunterleys nodded.

He was busy now, going through the long sheets of writing which the other young man had silently passed across to him.

For half-an-hour he read, making pencil notes now and then in the margin.
When at last he had finished, he returned them and, sitting down at the table, drew a packet of press cable sheets towards him and wrote for some time steadily.

When he had finished, he read through the result of his labours and leaned back thoughtfully in his chair.
"You will send this off from Cannes with your own, Briston ?" he asked.
The young man assented.
"The car will be here at three," he announced.