“It would be most infernally awkward, for I should have no freedom of movement. But all the same I believe you are right. Things may grow very hectic as we get near the day.”
“Besides, you might find out something about Number Three. Oh, it is the little boy that breaks my heart. The others might escape on their own account--some day, but unless we find him he is lost for ever. And Colonel Arbuthnot says that, even if we found him, it might be hard to restore the child’s mind. Unless--unless--”
Mary’s face had become grim, if one could use the word of a thing so soft and gentle. Her hands were tightly clasped, and her eyes had a strained far-away look.
“I am going to find him,” she cried. “Listen, d**k. That man despises women and rules them out of his life, except in so far as he can m
