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I am almost a stranger to you. I am a complete stranger to Lord Chelsford. How can you rely upon my trustworthiness? You must have so many young men to choose from who are personally known to you. Why do you come to me?" The Duke smiled grimly. "In the first place," he said, "we are only strangers from the personal point of view, which is possibly an advantage.
The woman was saved, though, by-the-bye." "The woman is still alive," I told him, "but I will answer for her silence. I allow her a small pension all she would accept. She is living in the south of France somewhere." "And Blenavon," Lord Chelsford said, with a smile, "has married an American girl who has made a different man of him. What character those women have!
Lord Chelsford came to the bottom of the stairs and called me by name. I heard Lady Angela's little cry of surprise. I was downstairs in a moment, and she came straight into my arms. Her dear tear-stained little face buried itself upon my shoulder. "I am so thankful, so thankful that you are here," she murmured.
She glided away. I reached the "Brand" undisturbed. "I do not understand you, Ducaine," Lord Chelsford said slowly. "You have been a faithful and valuable servant to your country, and you know very well that your services are not likely to be forgotten. I want you only to be consistent. I must know from whom you received this packet." "I cannot tell you, sir," I answered.
"I want to give you a last chance before I go to Lord Chelsford." "I do not think," I answered, "that I care about accepting any favours from you just now, Colonel Ray. Nor am I at all sure that I need them," I added. He turned on his heel, but at the door he hesitated again. "Guy," he said in a low tone, "will you speak to me for a moment outside?" I stood on the landing with him.
You refuse, and I see Lord Chelsford and your father to-night." From the first I knew that he would yield, but he did it with an ill grace. "I don't see why I should go," he said, sulkily. "Either you and I together, or I alone, are going to catch the six o'clock train to London," Ray said.
What in God's name, are we going to do with him?" "What do you suggest?" Lord Chelsford asked softly. "My way would not be yours," Ray answered, with a hard laugh. "I am only half civilized, you know, and if he and I were alone in the desert at this moment I would shoot him without remorse. Such a breach of trust as this deserves death."
Nobody is permitted to hold a pen or to make a note whilst they are being read. Afterwards I have your father's promise that not even he will ask for even a cursory glance at them. I deliver them sealed to Lord Chelsford." Ray came up to us. His dark eyebrows were drawn close together, and I noticed that his boots were clogged with sand.
"Lord Chelsford, if you were able to convince him, would most certainly be misled in this direction. That is why I have kept your report to myself. That is why my advice to you now is to say nothing about your imagined displacement of those papers. That is my advice. You understand?" "Yes, your Grace," I repeated.
At last a break came, a summons to London to a meeting of the Council. I was just able to catch my train and reach the War Office at the appointed time. There were two hours of important work, and I noticed a general air of gravity on the faces of every one present. After it was over Ray came to my side. "Ducaine," he said, "Lord Chelsford wishes to speak' to you for a few moments. Come this way."
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