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Theformidable eyebrows were drawn together, and the whole man becamean
incarnate menace. PrinceJohn was for Mastrovin the key of the whole
business.
Ive seenmany a tattie-bogle that looked more respectable.
Let me
repeat, said Mastrovin with a great air of patience.
The lights halted, and the
two cars wererevealed. It must also be on the first floor, for he hadascended
only one flight of stairs.
So complete was his trust in Mr Glynde that he
forebore tospeculate on the nature of the rescue.
Jaikie had now forgotten both
his thirst and hunger.
But theyre coming from the wrong direction, said Janet.
You must sleep before you eatproperly, he said, or youll be as sick as a dog.
Were a happyfamily in the old Cirque, he said, and dont stick by
trade-unionways. Jaikie was very angry,and with him wrath always blanketed
fear.
Mastrovin peered within the car and saw Janet, who apparently didnot
interest him. Life at present is too hurried with me topreserve the amenities.
Or a courier from the Praefectus of the WesternWing? When the Cirque Doré
mobilises itselfit has many eyes and ears. Oneor two papers say that he is now
in Krovolin.
As he handed Jaikie his glass, he laughed.
Jaikie drew in his head
and shut the window.
That word is the present address of PrinceJohn.
Alison and
theRoylances are not in immediate danger. As the roomdarkened into twilight he
lay listening for footsteps on thestairs.
Jaikie was a poor mechanic, but he
saw that these boltswould be hard to tamper with.
It had been locked without
the tongue being drivenhome.
She would not listen to you on that matter.
That,thought Jaikie, must be the relief sent by Prince Odalchini.
He knewthe
line he must take, provided she listened to him. Was Mastrovin about to pay him
anothervisit? Atpresent he is probably looking for you in the street. You
havemeddled in what does not concern you, and you must take theconsequences.
It
is solely that yourfriends are in the power of Mastrovin, whom she venomously
hates.
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