"They would scarcely pay you this unless you were identified. We
understand one another?"
"Perfectly, sir!"
Francis rang the bell, gave his servant the necessary orders, and
dismissed the two men. Half-an-hour later, already changed into
flannels, he was on his way into the country.
CHAPTER XXXI
Sir Timothy walked that evening amongst the shadows. Two hours
ago, the last of the workmen from the great furnishing and
catering establishments who undertook the management of his
famous entertainments, had ceased work for the day and driven off
in the motor-brakes hired to take them to the nearest town. The
long, low wing whose use no one was able absolutely to divine,
was still full of animation, but the great reception-rooms and
stately hall were silent and empty. In the gymnasium, an
enormous apartment as large as an ordinary concert hall, two or
three electricians were still at work, directed by the man who
had accompanied Sir Timothy to the East End on the night before.
The former crossed the room, his footsteps awaking strange
echoes.
"There will be seating for fifty, sir, and standing room for
fifty," he announced. "I have had the ring slightly enlarged, as
you suggested, and the lighting is being altered so that the
start is exactly north and south.
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