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And Plank, profoundly disturbed, shrugged his massive shoulders in contemptuous assent. So Quarrier and Harrington went away the younger partner taking leave of the older with a sneer for an outworn prop which no man could ever again have use for. Old and beaten that was all Harrington now stood for in Quarrier's eyes.
Quarrier, brooding sullenly in his Mercedes, was already far up town on his way to Major Belwether's house. At the door, Sylvia's maid received him smilingly, saying that her mistress was not at home but that Mrs. Mortimer was which saved Quarrier the necessity of asking for the private conference with Leila which was exactly what he had come for.
Which was what Harrington thought necessary. The vast unseen machinery set in motion by Harrington and Quarrier had begun to grind in May; and, at the first audible rumble, the aspect of things financial in the country changed.
Sylvia was there, Quarrier expected because Kemp Ferrall's break with him was not a social one, and Grace's real affection for Sylvia blinded neither her nor her husband to the material and social importance of the intimacy.
Let the electioneering agent attack Quarrier by some other means. For a few hours, at all events, the secret would remain unpublished, and in that interval the way might be opened for an honest and promising career. He breakfasted substantially, and left by the train appointed.
Stockwool again stepped down, and informed them that Ike's presence had been made known to his wife. The truant quarrier seemed rather inclined to stay where he was and finish the mug of ale, but Pierston quickened him, and he ascended the staircase. As soon as the lower room was empty Pierston leant with his elbows on the table, and covered his face with his hands. Ike was absent no great time.
And all through dinner an indefinitely unpleasant remembrance of the conversation lingered with Sylvia, and she sat silent for minutes at a time, returning to actualities with a long, curious side-glance across at Siward, and an uncomprehending smile of assent for whatever Quarrier or Major Belwether had been saying to her.
The hot month dragged on; Quarrier came; Agatha Caithness arrived a few days later scheme of the Ferralls involving Alderdene! but the Siwanoa did not come, and Plank remained invisible. Leila Mortimer arrived from Swan's Harbour toward the middle of the month, offering no information as to the whereabouts of what Major Belwether delicately designated as her "legitimate."
Not a novel suggestion, by any means; something that his fancy had often played with; very much, perhaps, as that ingenious criminal spoken of by Serena amused himself with the picture of a wrecked train long before he resolved to enjoy the sight in reality. "Live in the South," Quarrier had urged. "Precisely; in other words: Keep out of my way.
"I had a wire from her that she expected to be here and I hoped to see her at the station to-morrow on her way to Lenox." "She's stopping with Miss Landis. Can't you manage to come?" asked Siward anxiously. "I don't know. Do you wish it particularly? I have just seen Quarrier and Harrington. I can't quite understand Quarrier's attitude. There's a certain hint of defiance about it.
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