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"And if you can arrange for Rupert Dunsmore to be there at that time all right, I'll answer for the rest." "You needn't be uneasy about that," Deede Dawson said, and laughed. "You see, I know his plans," he repeated, and laughed again; and still laughing that chill, mirthless way of his, he turned and walked back towards the house.
That Ella remained so persistently with her mother troubled him a good deal, for he did not think such close seclusion on her part could be really necessary. He was inclined to fear that Ella had overheard enough of what had passed between him and Deede Dawson to rouse her mistrust, and that she was therefore deliberately keeping out of his way.
"What did you find there?" "There wasn't no one in them," Dunn answered. "I only wanted to make sure the young lady was telling the truth about there being no servants in the house to sleep." "Did you look in all the attics, then?" asked Deede Dawson. "Yes," answered Dunn. "'There was one as was locked, but I tooked the liberty of forcing it just to make sure. I ain't done no harm to speak of."
Vpon this doubt I put my men in order and in such array as though they had beene enemies: and in deede I had great occasion to mistrust the same: for my boate came vnto their ship about two of the clocke in the afternoone, and sent me no newes all that day long to put me out of doubt who they should be.
It did occur to him that the pistol he held might be loaded in one chamber only and that Deede Dawson might be scheming to induce him to throw away his solitary cartridge. But a glance reassured him on that point. "Let me see how you can shoot," Deede Dawson repeated, leaning carelessly with folded arms against the wall a little distance away. "And I promise you I'll tell you where Ella is."
"Black can push the pawn at KB7 and make it, not a queen, but a knight, giving check to your king and no mate for you next move." "Yes, that's so," agreed Dunn. "I hadn't thought of that." "Unexpected, eh? Making the pawn a knight?" smiled Deede Dawson. "But in chess, and in life, it's the unexpected you have to look out for." "That's quite an aphorism," said Dunn. "It's true, too."
He was still plainly very disturbed and shaken, and Ella seemed scarcely less agitated, though Dunn, watching them both very keenly, noticed that she was now looking at Deede Dawson with a somewhat strange expression and with an air as though his extreme excitement puzzled her and made her afraid. "Nothing wrong with the name, is there?" Dunn muttered again. "No, no," Deede Dawson answered. "No.
"Has he, though?" said Deede Dawson, who seemed very interested and even a little excited. "What did he do?" "Never you mind," Dunn repeated. "That's my affair, but I swore I'd get even with him some day and I will, too." "Suppose," said Deede Dawson. "Suppose I showed you a way?"
But it's just as well to be sure, and so we mean to have a witness; and as it's what you might call a delicate matter, that witness will most likely be our employer himself. So you had better do the job thoroughly if you want your pay." "I see you take your precautions," remarked Dunn. "Well, that's all right, I don't mind." "You understand exactly what you've got to do?" Deede Dawson asked.
In a moment he was up and gliding through the darkness to meet who was coming, and almost at once a voice hailed him cautiously. "There you are, Dunn," Deede Dawson said. "I've been looking for you everywhere. Tomorrow or next day we shall be able to strike; everything is ready at last, and I'll tell you now exactly what we are going to do." "That's good news," said Dunn softly.
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