“What I suggested was entirely your fault,” the Marquis said. “You were pretending to be what you are not, and in fact you bewildered me with everything you said and everything you did.”
“And yet – you wanted to – see me again?” Lavina asked in a very small voice.
“Of course I wanted to see you!” the Marquis said positively. “When I learnt you had hidden yourself so completely that it was going to be very difficult.”
“Then – how did you find me?” Lavina enquired.
The Marquis smiled.
“I went back to London on Monday afternoon and called at the Gaiety Theatre. I saw George Edwardes and asked him where The Girl was playing next.”
Lavina gave a little exclamation because she had not thought of him doing that.
“George Edwardes,” the Marquis went on, “told me that it was already being per
