Chapter 33

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠I was not summoned to Sir Eustace’s presence until late in the afternoon. Eleven-o’clock tea and a substantial lunch had been served to me in my own apartment, and I felt fortified for further conflict.

Sir Eustace was alone. He was walking up and down the room, and there was a gleam in his eye and a restlessness in his manner which did not escape me. He was exultant about something. There was a su