"Here," I flung over my shoulder.

A four-wheeled truck of luggage, propelled by a porter across my
bows, blocked my way for a moment, and Daphne overtook me.

"So it is," she said. "But how did you know?"



CHAPTER XII

THE ORDER OF THE BATH

Berry blotted the letter with maddening precision. Then he
picked it up tenderly and handed it to me.

"How will that do?"

"Read it aloud," said Daphne.

I did so.

"Dear Sir,-In the interests of personal cleanliness, we have- not
without considerable hesitation- decided to install a fourth
bathroom at our historic home, 'White Ladies'.
This decision will necessitate the loss or conversion of one of
the dressing-rooms, a fact which fills us with the gravest
misgivings, since there are only eleven in the whole mansion. At
the same time, thee conventions of a prudish age make it
undesirable that a second bath should be installed in one of the