In any case, they would look for a house in which to settle on their
return to London.

"Good for Milton Savage," laughed Knight. "Now we'll lie low, and see
what will happen."

Annesley thought that nothing would happen; but she was wrong. The next
morning a note came by hand for Mrs. Nelson Smith, brought by a footman
on a bicycle.

The note was from Lady Annesley-Seton.




CHAPTER X

BEGINNING OF THE SERIES


No man who had not known the seamy side of life could have guessed the
effect of Milton Savage's paragraph upon the minds of Lord and Lady
Annesley-Seton.

"I told you if you bet against me you would bet wrong," Knight said, when
the astonished girl handed the letter across the breakfast table. Even he
had hardly reckoned on such extreme cordiality. He had expected a bid for
acquaintanceship with the "millionaire" and his bride, but he had fancied
there would be a certain stiffness in the effort.