There was a silence; then she said:
Tony!
Dinny held out her hand, and he took it with his
old air, as ifabout to confess her. But before he could start the enginethe car had
dipped or turned and was gone.
How, in that horrible, commonphrase, was he
keeping? An acquaintance of yours is going to look after my Arab mares. Just show me
where the paddocks lie, and well get on toOxford.
Ill tell you what; Ill walk you in to the
hotel,borrow a torch and come back to her.
He was back again in twelve, and sat down opposite
to her. Ill makeDinny come out with me; she ought to ride more.
If he had two thousand shillings, it was all! Dyou
suppose theyll believe us if we do defend?
And the little river over which they wereat a
standstill seemed to flow with secrecy. They seemed to know everything, except the
truth.
And now how dared he have her watched, and
bringthis case?
And to think, murmured Clare, that if we dont
defend and win,youll be ruined. That man with the horn specs, for instance,
evidentlyknew her, but shed never seen him before! Clare leaned back, by the smile
on her lips she was enjoyingherself.
A long man on a good-lookingmare reined up after he
had passed and came back. Lady Charwell sat down, her face very white.
She had not read more than: The humble petition of
Gerald Corven,K. After a glance at Dinny, he moved towards theGeneral. They forward
his letters to their branch in Bangkok. Queer animals, horses, so fiery and alive at
one moment, sodull and ruminative the next!