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"You look dead-beat, you do indeed," she said. She turned to her
husband. "Dick, Mr. Quisante must come and spend a few quiet days with
us in the country. Something'll happen to him, if he doesn't."
Dick could hardly believe his ears, and was full of delighted gratitude;
hitherto Lady Richard had been resolute that their country house at
least should be sacred from Quisante's feet. He took his wife's hand and
pressed it as he joyfully seconded her invitation. Some of Quisante's
effusive politeness displayed itself again, but still he was subdued,
and Lady Richard, full of her impulse of compassion, escaped without
realising fully the enormity of the step into which it had tempted her.


CHAPTER IV.
HE'S COMING!

Dick Benyon was a man of plentiful ideas, but he found great difficulty
in conveying them to others and even in expressing them to himself.
Jimmy, his faithful disciple, could not help him here, and indeed was too
much ashamed of harbouring such things as ideas to be of any service as
an apostle.


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