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Sairson's fighting instincts were aroused, and the queer sensation in the region of his heart vanished. Dimly he began to comprehend that he was the victim of a plot. Someone was utilising this charge against Anita Givanni for the purpose of forcing his hand. A deliberate attempt was being made to oblige him to declare in public that he was John Blaydon. Possibly Lady Laurisdale knew something about it--there was mischief in her eyes. Or, perhaps, Philip Gosway had betrayed him.
Sairson turned fiercely upon the man whom he had ruled with a rod of iron so long.