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Show quite decided now?" "Yes," he said. "I've quite decided now." "Very well. I'll go and write some letters." She went away to her room. When she was there she heard her husband's heavy footstep descending the wooden staircase. And she had an odd fancy that it sounded much heavier than usual. ,,, But of course he was tired after being up all night. All the morning Lady Wyverne wrote, or pretended to write, letters. She lunched alone. Sir Claude had gone up to his room to have a good sleep, and had given orders that he was not to be disturbed. In the afternoon she sat alone on the veranda reading a novel. She had not seen BenchaiUal again. "But she had seen Achmed go down the road towards the villages. He returned about half-past one, and at half-past two Sir Claude emerged from his \ room dressed for hunting. "Have you had a good sleep?" she asked. "I'm all right," he replied. "As fit as a fiddle." -~~- "Are you off already?" "I believe so. If Achmed's got everything onto the mules." \ ~ "I must comedown to see you start." |
