\"Yes, thank you,\" said Mme. Storey. \"We were just waiting for a few minutes. I had the misfortune to lose a piece of jewellery in the grounds, and they are looking for it.\"
\"Ah, I am so sorry!\" While he smiled in polite sympathy, his sharp eyes sought to bore into her, but my mistress's face presented a surface as smooth as tinted china.
\"We might as well go and see what they are about,\" she said, moving towards the door.
\"Yes, thank you,\" said Mme. Storey. \"We were just waiting for a few minutes. I had the misfortune to lose a piece of jewellery in the grounds, and they are looking for it.\"
\"Ah, I am so sorry!\" While he smiled in polite sympathy, his sharp eyes sought to bore into her, but my mistress's face presented a surface as smooth as tinted china.
\"We might as well go and see what they are about,\" she said, moving towards the door.
