"But if Madame Simon had not been amenable to bribery?" suggested Lord Tony after a moment's silence.
"Then I should have had to think of something else."
"If during the removal of the furniture Heron had remained resolutely in the room?"
"Then, again, I should have had to think of something else; but remember that in life there is always one supreme moment when Chance—who is credited to have but one hair on her head—stands by you for a brief space of time; sometimes that space is infinitesimal—one minute, a few seconds—just the time to seize Chance by that one hair. So I pray you all give me no credit in this or any other matter in which we all work together, but the quickness of seizing Chance by the hair during the brief moment when she stands by my side. If Madame Simon had been un-
