CHAPTER FIVEThere was a stupefied silence as both Lord Yelverton and Tula stared at Diaz as if he had exploded a bomb between them.
Then Tula with a catch in her breath reacted,
“No – no – of course – not!”
Because she had said the words that had been hovering on Lord Yelverton’s lips, it made him almost instinctively take the opposite view.
“It is certainly an idea,” he ruminated slowly.
“But I can think of no alternative solution to your problem,” Diaz said simply, “but I do understand the Señorita’s reluctance and yours, Señor.”
He would have risen to his feet, but Lord Yelverton put out his hand to stop him.
“One moment, Diaz,” he said, “let’s think this over carefully. I think I can understand why you say, if I agree with your suggestion, the Guardian of the cave as a follower
