Chapter 19

“As a matter of fact we are,” I said politely, restraining a desire to ask what business it was of his. If there was anything to be got—I’d get it. “We are here,” I added on the spur of the moment, “on a quest.” “Indeed,” he murmured. “How interesting! And how mysterious! Would it be indiscreet to enquire the nature of the quest?” “That I fear is a secret,” I remarked. “But it concerns principally the large individual of whom you spoke.” “My curiosity is aroused,” he said. “It sounds as if a lady should be at the b…