When I heard the sound of the car in the drive I got up in sudden panic, glancing at the clock, for I knew that it meant Beatrice and her husband had arrived. It was only just gone twelve; they were much earlier than I expected. And Maxim was not yet back. I wondered if it would be possible to hide, to get out of the window, into the garden so that Frith, bringing them to the morning-room, would say, "Madam must have gone out," and it would seem quite natural, they would take it as a matter of course.

The dogs looked up inquiringly as I ran to the window, and Jasper followed me, wagging his tail.

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