Take them into the Octagon Room, and ask them to wait there."
Then, as Mr. Harker came forward with the note, he added, "Give this to
a Miss Lester."
"Yes, my lord," said Simpson, and taking the letter with a deep bow, he
departed on his mission.
CHAPTER XXV
Lord Barminster conducted Mr. Harker to the Octagon Room, so named from
its peculiar shape.
"If you will wait here," he said courteously, "I will have some
refreshment sent up to you and the ladies, when they arrive."
"Thank you, my lord," returned Mr. Harker gratefully.
Seating himself, he waited patiently for the arrival of Miss Lester and
Jessica, secretly congratulating himself on the success of his
interview. The time passed quickly; and, while waiting, Lord Barminster
and Mortimer Shelton held a hurried consultation with him as to the best
method of exposing Vermont. Long before they had finished, Miss Lester
and her niece had arrived, the former flushed with excitement and
triumph at the prospect of at last, as she expressed it, "getting her
own back" with Jasper.
Lord Barminster and Shelton descended to the terrace, where they found
Lady Constance; and almost immediately after came Adrien, with his
inevitable companion, Jasper Vermont.
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