Larose regarded the great man curiously. He had only met him once before, and was sure, upon such a slight acquaintanceship, the Home Secretary would not now be inviting him to a private talk unless for some particular purpose quite unconnected with dogs. He had noted the expressive movement of the eyebrows, however, and so at once, falling in with the suggestion, rose from his chair and proceeded to accompany his lordship from the winter garden.
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They ascended a few floors in the lift, and then, in a cosy little private sitting room, Lord Ransome motioned him to an armchair. His lordship had become all at once a very different man to the genial and bowing courtier of the winter garden. His bearing now was one of authority, and his features set in stern and uncompromising lines he l
