CHAPTER 12Carey Desborough walked straight up to Tanis and said bluntly,
“Can I see you for a moment? There’s something I want to talk to you about.”
She and Alistair were over by the piano at the north end of the room. She threw him a queer look and said,
“I was just going to sing.”
Carey said nothing. His eyes, angry and determined, held hers.
She said with a laugh, “I suppose the house won’t fall down if you have to wait.”
“It might. Come along—you can sing afterwards.”
They went out together. Alistair stared gloomily after them. Agnes Fane watched them go and turned to Miss Silver with an approving smile.
“A handsome couple, Maud.”
Miss Silver gave a slight deprecating cough.
“Very handsome,” she said in a dry little voice.
“And just what do you mean by that?”
Miss Silver’s
