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They left the train at Settle at six o'clock the next morning, and were at once taken charge of by the station-master, who had had his instructions by telephone from the Parmenter mansion on the slopes of Great Whernside.
It was a three-story frame house, which badly needed painting, with a dilapidated barn, and shed near by. A three-story farmhouse is not common in the country, but this dwelling had been erected by a Mr. Parmenter, in the expectation of making a fortune by taking summer boarders. There was room enough for them, but they did not come.
But to see a man give his life up for a false cause a young man especially, full of hope and fervency, whose life might have been made a blessing to his friends and the world that is trying, Mr Parmenter, if you like." "Are we not bound to give our lives for the cause of truth and beauty?" asked Amelia, in that low voice which sounds like an Aeolian harp. "Truth yes," saith my Aunt Kezia.
"Now, I had better say good-bye. I have a few things to see to before Mr Lennard and I go down to Settle, but I've no doubt Auriole will find some way of entertaining you till you want to start for York." At half-past two the motor was at the door to take Mr Parmenter and Lennard to Settle.
At eight, Mr Parmenter, who practically owned this suite of rooms, would drive over with Miss Parmenter in a couple of motor-cars and take the party to the house.
Everyone saluted the flag, and the King said: "There, gentlemen, the Auriole is a duly commissioned warship of the British Navy, and you have our authority to do all lawful acts of war against our enemies. Good-morning! I shall hope to hear from you soon." "I'm sorry, your Majesty," said Mr Parmenter, "that we can't fire the usual salute.
"Well, your Royal Highness," said Mr Parmenter, "that may be because we didn't come full speed, but if you would get on board that flagship, sir, we'd take you to Buckingham Palace and back in half an hour, or, if you would like a trip to Aldershot to interview the German Emperor, and then one to Greenwich, we'll engage to have you back here safe by dinner time."
For one moment she hesitated whether to speak to me, and I took advantage of it. Dropping the lowest courtesy I could make, I turned my back upon her, and walked straight away to the other end of the room. But not before I had seen that she was superbly dressed, and was leaning on the arm of Mr Parmenter.
While he was looking at it, Lennard took the bank receipt for a quarter of a million deposit from his pocket and gave it to him, saying: "You will see from this that money is really no object. As you know, Mr Parmenter has millions, more I suppose than he could calculate himself, and he is ready to spend every penny of them. You will take that just as earnest money."
At about twenty minutes after the hour at which they had left Whernside, Mr Hingeston turned to Mr Parmenter and said, pointing downward with the left hand: "There's London, and the clouds are going. What are we to do? We can't drop down there without being seen, and if we are that will give half the show away.
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