situation from looking compromising,"--he now spoke with his old
calm, and Stella felt her confidence reviving. He would certainly
arrange what was best for them, she could rely upon that.

"What must we do then?" she asked gently, while she put her head
on the sleeve of his coat.

"I will wrap you up in the fur cloak, darling," he said, "and you
must come in the automobile with me to meet Anastasia. Your family
must not find you again until your are in my sister's company. We
ought to start at once."

It spoke eloquently for the impression which he had been able to
create in Stella's imagination of his integrity and reliability,
for the thought never entered her brain that it was a most unusual
and even hazardous undertaking to start out into the night in a
foreign land with a stranger she had not yet known for a week. But
that was the remarkable thing about his personality; it conveyed
always an atmosphere of trust and confidence.

It was not long before Miss Rawson was ready, wrapped in the long
gray cloak she had worn before, and with the veil tied over her
hat, and was descending in the lift alone with Ivan--her lover
having gone on by the stairs.

Their departure was managed with intelligence. Stella and the
servant simply walking out of the hotel and down the street to
where the car waited, and then presently Count Roumovski joined
them, and they started.