"To-morrow morning, then, early," said Noel, "this is my address. Ask
for my servant when you arrive, and he will show you what you are to
do, and will also give you directions as to the colored paint I wish
used. I must hurry off now, for I'm going down to the country on some
very sad business. You will be sorry to hear, Mr. Dove, that Miss
Daisy Mainwaring has lost a considerable sum of money, and the poor
little child is in such trouble about it that she has run away. Of
course, I don't believe for a moment that she has really lost the
money--of course it was stolen from her. Well, good-bye, I'm going to
seek her, and to try to catch the thief. Be sure you arrive at my
house in good time in the morning, Dove."

"Yes, sir, very sorry to hear your bad news," said Dove, in a
self-possessed voice, but Arthur saw that his color had changed, and
he wanted no stronger clue to confirm his suspicions. When he got into
the street he not only consulted his watch, but a time-table. A later
train than he had intended to travel by would take it to Rosebury
early in the morning. He would go by this train. Now he jumped into a
hansom and drove to his chambers. His servant came to him, to whom he
gave hasty directions.

"You're to buy the paint yourself, Lawson; see that it is properly
mixed, and the right shade. Move the plants from the balcony early in
the morning--the man will arrive in good time, and listen, Lawson, I
don't want him to be too closely watched."

"What do you mean by that, sir?" said Lawson.

"Only that you need not stay in the room all the time--come in and
out, of course--but don't imagine the man to be a thief until he is