You know, the house is cram-full of men-servants and there are to be a dozen of them on duty in the grounds.

Two or three of these fellows are nothing more or less than private detectives, and they all of them know what they're about or Grex wouldn't have them." Hunterleys looked grave.
"It sounds awkward," he admitted.
"The general idea of the plot," Roche went on, walking restlessly up and down the room, "you and I have already solved, and by this time they know it in London.

But there are two things which I feel they may discuss to-night, which are of vital importance.

The first is the date, the second is the terms of the offer to Douaille.

Then, of course, more important, perhaps, than either of these, is the matter of Douaille's general attitude towards the scheme." "So far," Hunterleys remarked reflectively, "we haven't the slightest indication of what that may be.