like that."

Cecil came further into the room and threw himself into a chair.

"It is that fellow upon the island," he said. "You remember we all said
that his face was familiar. I have seen him again, and I have
remembered."

"Remembered what?" the Princess asked.

"Where it was that I saw him last," Cecil answered. "It was in Pall
Mall, and he was walking with--with Engleton. It was before I knew him,
but I knew who he was. He must be a friend of Engleton's. What do you
suppose that he is doing here?"

Cecil was shaking like a leaf. The Princess looked towards him
contemptuously.

"Come," she said, "there is no need for you to behave like a terrified
child. Even if you have seen him once with Lord Ronald, what on earth
is there in that to be terrified about? Lord Ronald had many friends
and acquaintances everywhere. This one is surely harmless enough. He
behaved quite naturally on the island, remember."

Cecil shook his head.

"I do not understand," he said. "I do not understand what he can be
doing in this part of the world, unless he has some object. I saw him
just now standing behind a tree at the entrance to the drive, watching
me drive golf balls out on to the marsh. I am almost certain that he
was about the place last night. I saw some one who looked very much
like him pass along the cliffs just about dinner-time."

"You are frightened at shadows," the Princess declared contemptuously.
"If he were one of Lord Ronald's friends, and he had come here to look
for him, he wouldn't play about watching you from a distance. Besides,
there has been no time yet. Lord Ronald only--left here yesterday
morning."

"What is he doing, then, watching this house?" Cecil asked. "That is
what I do not like."

The Princess raised her eyebrows contemptuously.

"My dear Cecil," she said, "it is just a coincidence, and not a very
remarkable one at that. Lord Ronald had the name, you know, of having
acquaintances in every quarter of the world."

Cecil drew a little breath.

"It may be all right," he said, "but I am not used to this sort of
thing, and it gives me the creeps."

"Of course it is all right," the Princess said composedly. "One would
think that we were a pack of children, to take any notice of such
trifles. It is too early, my dear Cecil, by many a day, to look for
trouble yet. Lord Ronald always wandered about pretty much as he chose.
It will be months before--"

"Don't go on," Cecil interrupted. "I su