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J. Henry Carruthers, and they told me there was no such person registered there; but they said a man answering that description, tall and wearing dark glasses, came into the hotel last evening and took dinner and sat for an hour or so in the office reading the evening papers. He went out some time between seven and eight o'clock, and they had seen nothing more of him."
No sooner had the colonel left for Lisbon, and Carruthers to return to his work, than, finding himself alone with the Count, Sir Terence considered the moment a choice one in which to broach the matter. "I take it ye're fond of walking, Count," had been his singular opening move. They had left the table by now, and were sauntering together on the terrace. "Walking?" said Samoval. "I detest it."
"Yes, yes! I know that, still if we can save him, we should." "I will try any honorable means you choose to suggest," she replied; "but not even to save my son from death could I consent to write or publish a lie." "Of course you know best, Lady Carruthers," said the lawyer, with a shrug of the shoulders. "Words are but words, and very few of them might have saved your son from public shame."
Carruthers explained that the reason was that my uncle had just heard of the death of his brother, and so felt responsible for our fate." "Excuse me," said Holmes. "When was this interview?" "Last December four months ago." "Pray proceed." "Mr. Woodley seemed to me to be a most odious person.
This day two weeks ago I found myself no longer a prospective heiress, and only three days ago I was contemplating calmly the possibility of marrying Mr. Carruthers; and now, for heaven, I would not marry any one! And so, for fresh woods and pastures new!
"No more," I answered; and I smiled, too, although a rage of anger was clutching my throat. I do not know who I was angry with Mrs. Carruthers for procuring this situation, Christopher for being insensible to my charms, or myself for ever having contemplated for a second the possibility of his doing otherwise.
Carruthers made profuse inquiries as to my comforts for the drive, in a tone colder than ever, and insisted upon my drinking some cherry brandy. Such fussing is quite unlike his usual manner, so I suppose he, too, felt it was a tiresome quart d'heure. Lord Robert did not hide his concern; he came up to me and took my hand while Christopher was speaking to the footman who was going with me.
Carruthers was good enough to bring you up here to talk over in an intimate and confidential way, you know." Inspector Clayton surged up from his chair to his feet, his fists clenched, the red sweeping over his face and then he shook one fist at Carruthers. "So that's your game, is it!" he stormed. "Trying to crawl out of that twenty-five thousand reward, eh?
I was apparently asleep under a big lamp, after dinner, in the library, a book of silly poetry in my lap, when the door opened and he Mr. Carruthers came in alone, and walked up the room. I did not open my eyes. He looked for just a minute how accurate I am! Then he said, "You are very pretty when asleep!"
She persisted that Lord George de Bruce Carruthers had had no hand in either robbery, and Gager had so firmly committed himself to a belief on this matter, that he could not throw the idea away from him, even on the testimony of Patience Crabstick.
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