"It was absolutely necessary," she proceeded, "that you should be on board your ship in the London Docks at nine o'clock the next morning. If you had lost the express, the vessel would have sailed without you."The expression of his face began to change to surprise. "Who told you that?" he asked.
"You shall hear directly. On your way into the town, your carriage was stopped by an obstruction on the highroad. The people of Bexmore were looking at a house on fire."He started to his feet.
"Good heavens! are you the lady?"
She held up her hand in satirical protest.
