Anna leaned back with half closed
eyes. "Well, he won't do that
here. If the Wastrel had not turned the instant he did, the ball would have
missed him; as it was he turned directly into its path. She slipped it calmly into her pocket. And as he gave back the portfolio to Sir Rowland he contrived, unobserved, to
slip the precious document into his sleeve, and from thence into his pocket. “Now look here, Veronica, let us be plain with each
other. I suppose I was a little idiotic—I don’t think we either of us
mentioned the future, but it was arranged that I should go the next afternoon and
have tea with her. She never touched the manuscript with pencil, but
jotted down her notes on slips of paper and left them where he might easily find
them. And if you mean to use that
dagger to slip the lock, you’ll make enough noise to bring ten spies down on us. I’ve made no mention
of guns and daggers or, indeed, any of the more exciting aspects of the business.
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