"Dunsmore has been away for a time on business I can make a guess
at, but he is coming back soon. Should you know him if you saw
him?"

"Should I know him?" repeated Dunn contemptuously. "Should I know
myself?"

"That's good," said Deede Dawson again. "By the way, perhaps you
can tell me, hasn't Lord Chobham a rather distant cousin, Walter
Dunsmore, living with him as secretary or something of the sort
--quite a distant relative, I believe, though in the direct line
of succession?"

"Very likely," said Dunn indifferently. "I think so, but I don't
care anything about the rest of them. It's only Rupert Dunsmore I
have anything against."



CHAPTER XIX

THE VISIT TO WRESTE ABBEY


It was a little later when Deede Dawson returned to the subject of
Wreste Abbey.

"Lord Chobham has a very valuable collection of plate and jewellery
and so on, hasn't he?" he asked.