"Oh! James," she said sweetly, "do you think that I could see Mr.
Rushbrook for a few moments IF I WAITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY? You
understand, I don't wish to disturb him or his company by being
regularly announced."
The young girl's practical intelligence appeared to increase the usual
respect which James had always shown her. "I understand, miss." He
thought for a moment, and said: "Would you mind, then, following me
where you could wait quietly and alone?" As she quickly assented, he
preceded her up the staircase, past the study and drawing-room, which
he did not enter, and stopped before a small door at the end of the
passage. Then, handing her a key which he took from his pocket, he said:
"This is the only room in the house that is strictly reserved for Mr.
Rushbrook, and even he rarely uses it. You can wait here without anybody
knowing it until I can communicate with him and bring you to his study
unobserved. And," he hesitated, "if you wouldn't mind locking the door
when you are in, miss, you would be more secure, and I will knock when I
come for you.
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