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Philippa was speechless. It was a view of the matter which she and Helen had striven so eagerly to avoid. "But, Henry," she protested, "his stay here seemed so harmless. You yourself have laughed at the idea of espionage at Dreymarsh. There is nothing to discover. There is nothing going on here which the whole world might not know." "That was never my plea," Lessingham intervened.
What do you suppose there could possibly be in our harmless seaside village to induce any one to risk his life by coming here on behalf of the Secret Service of Germany?" "Dreymarsh," Captain Griffiths replied, "was not made a prohibited area for nothing." "But, my dear man, be reasonable," Philippa persisted.
"He can't do any particular harm down there, and there isn't a line or a drawing of mine down at Dreymarsh which he isn't welcome to." Lord Rayton rose to his feet. "Look here, Henry, old fellow," he said, "I do sympathise with you up to a certain point. I tell you what I'll do.
"For even longer than that, if you will," he murmured. She laughed. "More pretty speeches? I don't think I'm equal to them before luncheon." "This time I am literal," he explained. "I am coming back to Dreymarsh myself." He felt his heart beat quicker, a sudden joy possessed him. Philippa's expression was obviously one of satisfaction. "I'm so glad," she assured him.
"You think that I am coming back entirely on your account. As it happens, this is not so." She looked at him with wide-open eyes. "Surely," she exclaimed, "you have satisfied yourself that there is no field for your ingenuity in Dreymarsh?" "I thought that I had," he admitted. "It seems that I am wrong. I have had orders to return." "Orders to return?" she repeated. "From whom?"
Why, according to your own reports, they know all about me on the other side." "Not a doubt about it," the other agreed. "I'm not sure that you haven't got a spy fellow down at Dreymarsh now." "I'm quite sure of it," Sir Henry replied grimly. "The brute was lunching with my wife at the Carlton to-day, and, as luck would have it, I was landed with that Russian Admiral's wife and sister-in-law.
There was a knock at the door. Mills entered with a note upon a salver. Sir Henry took it up, glanced questioningly at his wife, and tore open the envelope. "There will be no answer, Mills," he said. The man withdrew. Sir Henry read the few lines thoughtfully: Police-station, Dreymarsh SIR, According to enquiries made I find that Mr.
"I am not in possession of any information which I can impart to you, Lady Cranston," he said, "but I am not prepared to accept your statement that Dreymarsh contains nothing of greater interest than the things which you have mentioned." There was no necessity for Philippa to play a part now. The suggestion contained in her visitor's words had really left her in a state of wonder.
"There are times when individuality is a far greater thing than nationality. I am just a human being, born into the same world and warmed by the same sun as you. Nothing can alter the fact that we are fellow creatures." "Dreymarsh once more," Philippa announced, looking out of the window. "And you're a terribly plausible person, Mr. Lessingham.
I have insisted that without help from an influential person in Dreymarsh, I cannot bring my labours here to a satisfactory conclusion, and I have named as the price of that help, Richard's absolute and immediate freedom. I heard only this morning that there would be no difficulty." Helen snatched up her work and groped her way towards the door.
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