_Newport, Sunday, July 4th._
My patience was rewarded shortly before noon to-day by the sight of
Mrs. Levering walking to the Casino accompanied by a gallant gentleman
unknown to me. She did not notice me, of course. If I had been in my
own person I warrant she would not have passed me so indifferently.
What marvellous faculty is it that enables a lady to know without
looking at a man whether he is worth looking at?
I soon satisfied myself that she was wearing her veritable diamonds.
Foolish woman! When I sold them to her I warned her not to exhibit
them in public. At the time there was a lot of gossip about what
Levering paid me for the necklace, and I suppose every thief in the
country has it on his list. But Cora Levering was always
feather-headed.
I telegraphed to Lorina in the code we had agreed on, and had my dinner
while I waited for her answer. It came presently, instructing me to
meet her in a certain hotel in Providence to-morrow, two-thirty.
To-morrow being a holiday, I am not expected at Dunsany's. This means
that I have to put in a long, empty twenty-four hours here. The place
is full of my friends eating and drinking themselves black in the face,
while I have to stay at a fourth-rate hotel.
To-morrow night there is going to be a great entertainment at
Fernhurst, one of the palaces on the cliffs.