“That should be all right then. I think there is nothing further to be said. I think we must all congratulate our dear one o’clock and wish her luck in the part she has to play.”

“Hurrah!” cried No. 5. “To Anna!”

All hands flew out in the same gesture which Bundle had noticed before.

“To Anna!”

One o’clock acknowledged the salutation with a typically foreign gesture. Then she rose to her feet and the others followed suit.

For the first time, Bundle caught a glimpse of No. 3 as he came to put Anna’s cloak round her⁠—a tall, heavily built man.