“Well, I must go back to Pond Cottage now,” Wolf said calmly. “ Mrs. Otter and Mr. Darnley ought to be back from church by this time, and I must talk to them. We’ll arrange about terms, Monk, after I’ve seen Mr. Urquhart. Do you suppose I should find him at home now, if I looked in on my way to the cottage?”

A frown of concentrated concern clouded the countenance of the man in front of him.

“It certainly would be best,” he remarked, “if it could be done. What he’ll say to it, I don’t know, I’m sure.”