"Well," he remarked at last, "please yourself, old chap, but I can't
help thinking that it's very unwise. I can't see either how being
married protects her in the least."
"Nor can I. Yet I've resolved to shield her, and at the same time to
try and solve the mysterious affair, therefore, I'm bound to adopt her
suggestions. She must get away at once, and we must get Mason out of
the neighbourhood--those two facts are plain. The motor will run down
the avenue without any noise, so she'll be miles away when the household
awake."
"Where's she going?"