"Just twenty-three."
"I see. Yes." He looked so keen now that she was frightened.
"Does that make it more dangerous?" she said.
He laughed. "No. It makes it less so. I don't suppose it's dangerous
at all. But I can't tell till I've seen her. I say, you must be tired
after that long walk."
"I'm never tired."
"That's good."
He rang the bell. The maid appeared.
"Tell Acroyd I want the trap. And bring tea--at once."
"For two, sir?"
"For two."