But he dared
not vow to marry, and the Swiss woman was loyally true to her oath.
He remained "their loving brother" as yet, and when two days later,
Alan Hawke departed for London direct, he mused vainly over the
tangled problem until he reported to Captain Anson Anstruther. "If
this greenhorn girl has any designs of her own she has not told
them yet to Justine. I must get a man to help me to work my scheme,
or go over to Jersey myself," he at last decided. He was secretly
happy at Captain Anstruther's prompt injunctions to make ready
for a tour of two months upon the Continent. "I shall have all
your detailed instructions prepared tomorrow, Major Hawke," said
the young aide-de-camp. "Meet me, therefore, at the Junior United
Service at ten o'clock; you can take a couple of days to look over
London, and then proceed at once to the delicate duty which I will
give to you. And, remember, the Viceroy's orders are that you are
to report to me alone, and also to preserve an absolute secrecy.
Your future rank will depend upon your discretion." Major Alan Hawke
was not as cheerful, however, when he opened his private mail at
Morley's Hotel, as when he had bade adieu to Captain Anstruther.
A formal communication from the Credit Lyonnais informed him that
Monsieur le Professeur Andrew Fraser had formally forbidden Messrs.
Glyn, Carr & Glyn to pay the four bills of exchange, acting in his
capacity of executor of a will duly filed at Doctor's Commons, and
that the four drafts must be proved as debts against the estate,
and so paid later, in due process of law on proof of the claim.
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