It was only a quick impression, for at that moment Lord Warburton must have descended the gangway and she heard Mr. Thespidos say,
“Good morning, my Lord! I have great pleasure in welcoming you to Greece!”
He was sneering and Corena could hear it in his voice.
“I do not think,” Lord Warburton replied haughtily, “that we have met before.”
“My name is Thespidos. I am here to inform you that you are now my prisoner!”
“Your prisoner?” Lord Warburton exclaimed in apparent surprise. “I think you must be mistaken!”
“No, my Lord, and let me say quite clearly so that you understand that, unless you come with me quietly and without any fuss, Sir Priam Melville, who has just been greeted by his daughter, will die!”
Mr. Thespidos was speaking in the gloating oily way that had frightened Corena
