Chapter 61

The proposal was assented to by all. The panel had swung to, but Bundle showed them how it was fastened from the inside. She unlatched it, swung it noiselessly open, and sprang through the opening, alighting in the Council Chamber with a resounding thud. “Damn!” said Lord Caterham, springing up from an arm-chair in which he appeared to have been taking forty winks. “Poor old father,” said Bundle. “Did I startle you?” “I can’t think,” said Lord Caterham, “why nobody nowadays ever sits still after a meal. It’s a lost…