human
The old vixen won't come back to her first hole,
gpt
Bella, you haven't many boxes?
human
Only two. Why do you ask?
gpt
Will you be ready to come with me to London to-morrow?
human
Yes; I shall be glad to get out of Marshely, where I have been so miserable. Only I wish I knew where Mrs. Vand is, poor soul.
gpt
There's a chum of mine got a motor, said the young man.
human
I wrote and asked him for the loan of it. He brought it down last night, and it is safely bestowed in the stables of 'The Chequers.' To-morrow at nine o'clock let us start off with your boxes----
gpt
And Dora?
human
No, said Cyril, very decidedly.
gpt
Dora can remain with Pence, whom she probably will marry. We will go to London and get married at a registry office in the afternoon, and then cross to Paris for our honeymoon. I haven't much money, Miss Rothschild, but I have enough for that. In our own happiness let us forget all our troubles.
human
I'll come, said Bella with a sigh.
gpt
After all, we can do nothing. By the way, Cyril, what about Durgo's things?
human
Well it's odd you should mention that. He evidently thought that something might happen to him on that night, for he left a note behind him saying that if he did not return they were to be given to me. So I have shifted them long since to my lodgings. There they lie packed up, and ready to be taken away in our motor to-morrow.
gpt
Cyril, you have been arranging this for some time?
human
Well, I have. It's the only way of getting you to leave this place, and you will always be miserable while you remain here.
gpt
I only stayed in the hope that poor Mrs. Vand might return, and then I would be able to comfort her. Oh! how I wish Durgo with his occult powers was here to help us.
human
I don't; Durgo's occult powers brought him little happiness, and didn't solve the mystery of my father's death. One would have thought that Granny Tunks, in her trances, would have told Durgo that the scarecrow which he saw daily was his dearly-beloved master's dead body.
gpt
It is strange, said Bella thoughtfully;
human
Yes; but I heard to-day that she is going on the road again with her old tribe of the Lovels. I daresay Granny will be at all the fairs and race meetings, swindling people for many a long day.
gpt
And her son Luke?
human
He'll get off with a light sentence. He certainly had no hand in the murders, and there is no one to prosecute him for blackmail. Granny and Luke will soon be together again. I hope never to hear more of them, for my part. Bella! Bella! don't let us talk of such things. We have had enough of these tragedies. Let us be selfish for once in our lives and consider ourselves. Hullo, what's this?