“They must have got away. Who else was watching the house besides you?”
“Only Antonio and he ain’t much of a hand with a spyglass. Shall I ask him what he saw?”
The man speaking was moving towards the window when Kane Horn said sharply,
“No, you fool! If they have gone, the Duke will have taken her to the Railway Station from where she can travel home.”
“Home? Do you mean to Italy?”
“Of course I mean Naples! Where else would she go?”
There was a short silence before Kane Horn said harshly,
“By letting her get away you’ve mucked it up between you, but it’s of no account. We can kill her there more easily than we can here and the old woman with her.”
“You should have done that when she arrived as I says at the time.”
“I know, I know!” Kane Horn said irritably. “But it might have bee
