“Very good, my Lord, and thank you, my Lord. I can only say ’ow ’umiliated I am that this should’ve ’appened.” “Fortunately I was warned in time,” the Earl remarked. “Warned, my Lord?”
It was a question which the Earl thought as he walked back to the house he could not answer.
He walked upstairs and without knocking opened the door of the Red Room.
Sir Francis was half-undressed and not in bed.
The expression on his face as the Earl entered was one both of fear and guilt.
“I give you ten minutes to get out of this house!” the Earl said curtly.
“What is – ” Sir Francis began, only to be silenced as the Earl interrupted.
“If you are wise, you will leave the country. Your accomplices will doubtless betray you to the Police and a warrant will be issued for your arrest.”
Sir Francis was
