CHAPTER XLVI

HOME AGAIN! Andreas Hausberger was always a wise man in his generation. The moment he knew Linnet had left his house, he realised forthwith that the one great danger to his interests lay in the chance of her obtaining a divorce, and marrying Will Deverill. To prevent such a catastrophe to his best investment was now the chief object in life of the prudent _impresario_. He had hurried away from home that first afternoon, it is true, to make sure how things stood with Philippina and her husband; but as soon as he fou…