CHAPTER SIXAs the Marquis spoke, Travers came into the room with the newspapers.
He put them down on the long tapestry-covered stool by the hearth rug and Anthony immediately picked up The Times.
As Travers left the room closing the door behind him, the Marquis said, “There is something I want to see Travers about,” and followed him.
He caught up with the man just before he reached the hall.
“When Mrs. Wadebridge was here a short time ago,” he said, “she told me that she had come to see you about something that was troubling her. What was it?”
“I was intending to ask your Lordship,” Travers replied, “if I could slip down to Flagstaff Manor for a short while. I thinks there’s a bit of trouble brewing.”
“Trouble?” the Marquis enquired. “What sort of trouble?”
“Mrs. Wadebridge tells me
