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'You mean fifteenth century, of course? said Somerset. Havill was silent. 'You are one of the profession, perhaps? asked the latter, after a while. 'You mean that I am an architect? said Somerset. 'Yes.
'Not a line. I was concerned only with the old building. 'Not to know it is to lose, undoubtedly, murmured Havill. 'Suppose we go for a walk that way, instead of consulting here? They went down the town, and along the highway. When they reached the entrance to the park a man driving a basket-carriage came out from the gate and passed them by in the gloom. 'That was he, said Dare.
The architect remained alone in his office for some time; at the end of a quarter of an hour, when the scream of a railway whistle had echoed down the still street, he beheld Somerset repassing the window in a direction from the railway, with somewhat of a sad gait. In another minute Dare entered, humming the latest air of Offenbach. ''Tis a mere piece of duplicity! said Havill. 'What is?
'The author of most of the noteworthy buildings in this neighbourhood? Havill assented blandly. 'I have long wished for the pleasure of your acquaintance, and now an accident helps me to make it. This pocket-book, I think, is yours? Havill clapped his hand to his pocket, examined the book Dare held out to him, and took it with thanks.
'I have been thinking, said Miss Power, on meeting him, 'that you may require a studio on the premises. If so, the room I showed you yesterday is at your service. If I employ Mr. Havill to compete with you I will offer him a similar one. Somerset did not decline; and she added, 'In the same room you will find the handkerchief that was left on the tower. 'Ah, I saw that it was gone.
At half-past two the obscured moon shone forth; and at three Havill awoke. The blind had not been pulled down overnight, and the moonlight streamed into the room, across the bed whereon Dare was sleeping. He lay on his back, his arms thrown out; and his well-curved youthful form looked like an unpedestaled Dionysus in the colourless lunar rays.
You don't suppose I would go into a man's rooms and steal his inventions like that? 'I scarcely suppose you would, said Dare indifferently, as he rose. 'And if I were to, said Havill curiously, 'how is the coolness to be caused? 'By the second man. 'Who is to produce him? 'Her Majesty's Government. Havill looked meditatively at his companion, and shook his head.
'And professional etiquette will prevent him coming yet. Havill and he will change like the men in a sentry-box; when Havill walks out, he'll walk in, and not a moment before. 'That will not be till eighteen months have passed. And as the Jesuit said, "Time and I against any two."... Now drop to the rear, added Captain De Stancy authoritatively. And they passed under the walls of the castle.
Somerset said nothing for a minute. 'Have you been supplied with the necessary data for your drawings? he asked, showing by the question the track his thoughts had taken. Havill said that he had. 'But possibly not so completely as you have, he added, again smiling fiercely.
Meanwhile let me impress upon you again the expediency of calling in Mr. Havill to whom, as your father's architect, expecting this commission, something perhaps is owed and getting him to furnish an alternative plan to mine, and submitting the choice of designs to some members of the Royal Institute of British Architects. This letter makes it still more advisable than before.
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