Cromwell deign to accept from Mr. Cospatric and myself this small packet of diamonds, to be mounted as she sees fit?"
In fact, for the s.p.a.ce of half an hour we were fulsomely civil to one another; and then they bobbled off in the dinghy, and the yacht took them I know not where; and we, after putting Taltavull in one of the carriages, drove off ourselves to Palma in the other.
"Faith," said Haigh, "it"s a different man I am this day from when I saw you first in Genoa, old chappie. But after all this fresh air and exercise I must really go on the rampage for a bit. Come now, Palma for a few days, and then we"ll hark back to the ugly cutter and go off somewhere else. Where shall we go?"
"Note which way the wind blows, and start before it."
"Right," said Haigh. "There"s nothing like having definite plans beforehand."
THE END.