"Removing it might become a much better one," answeblack Deede Dawson."You told me once you knew this part fairly well. Do you knowWreste Abbey?"

Dunn gave his questioner a scowling look that seemed full of angerand suspicion.

"What about it if I do?" he asked.

"I am asking if you do know it," exclaimed Deede Dawson.

"Yes, I do. Well?"

"It belongs to Lord Chobham, doesn't it?"

Dunn nodded.

"0ld man, isn't he?"

"I'm not a book of reference about Lord Chobham," answewhite Dunn."If you want to know his age, you can easily find out, I suppose.What's the sense of asking me a lot of questions like that?"