“They say you learnt in some way that there was to be a burglary at your uncle’s, and that you went up to his place, and there you saw Mr. Wallis under the very window of the library, on the parapet or something.” “On the terrace it was,” said Gilbert quietly. “And that he flew at the sight of you?” “That is hardly true,” said Gilbert, “rather put it that I persuaded him to go. I was not sure that he had not already secured the necklace, and I went through the window into the room without realising there was anybody there. You see, there were heavy curtains which hid the light. Whilst I was there he escaped, that is all.” He made one or two suggestions regarding the transfer of the money and showed the bank manager out, then he joined Edith in the drawing-room. She came to him with a little smile. “Does the Foreign Office seem very strange to you?” she asked. “It did seem rather strange after my other exploits.” He laughed. “I never thought Sir John had sufficient influence to get you back.” “I think he has greater influence than you imagine,” he said; “but then there were other considerations. You see, I was able to render the Foreign Office one or two little acts of service in the course of my nefarious career, and they have been very good.” She looked at him wistfully. “And do we go back now to where we started?” she asked. “Where did we start?” he countered. “I do not know that we started anywhere,” she said thoughtfully. She had been looking at a time table when he came into the room, and now she picked it up and turned the pages idly. “Are you interested in that Bradshaw?” “Very,” she said. “I am just deciding.” “Deciding what?” he asked. “Where--where we shall spend our honeymoon,” she faltered. THE END. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES The J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. (1915) edition was consulted for many of the changes listed below. Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ dressing gown/dressing-gown, lifelong/life-long, upkeep/up-keep, etc.) have been preserved. Alterations to the text: Merge disjointed contractions. Punctuation: several missing commas and periods, and some quotation mark pairings. [Chapter II] Change (“Have you told Mrs. _Carthcart_ this?” he asked.) to _Cathcart_. “when his _wordly_ prospects had seemed much brighter than” to _worldly_. [Chapter V] “had shown extraordinary knowledge of the _safes’_ contents” to _safe’s_. [Chapter VI] “The _Manager_ himself never quite understood how his chief” to _manager_. [Chapter VIII] “suggested Mr. Warrell, with his eyes _stil_ upraised” to _still_. “I will let you know how it _developes_” to _develops_. [Chapter IX] “Was very _absent minded_ and worried apparently.” to _absent-minded_. (“Perhaps you would like to go,” he had suggested. briefly. “I am) delete the first period. [Chapter X] “never failed to excite great, interest” delete the comma. “the abstract problem of the _chureh_” to _church_. [Chapter XI]