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Archenfield gave a few brief instructions to his henchman. Chim Fang was to stay in Oxley for the present and attend the police court proceedings on the morrow, after which he was to return to the House on the River without delay. He went back to his seat and resumed his conversation with Coventry.
"I expected something like this," he said. "I don't mean to say that I expected to see you back here so soon, but I knew that Mrs. Molyneux was concealing something from me. It was an innocent deception, and I am bound to say that I like her all the better for it. If the worst comes to the worst, you will have to go into the witness-box and tell your story. But I warn you that it will not be believed. It will be suggested that you concocted the whole thing to save the woman you love from a fearful charge. You have no witnesses. But, on the other hand, in view of certain information which I have received, I don't think there will be any occasion for you to appear in the case. I am sure you will agree that if we can keep Mrs. Molyneux's love affairs out of the case it will be all the better. You can rest assured that before long Mrs. Molyneux will be free from all suspicion, and that being so, it is a pity you came back at all? When the whole case is forgotten, then--"