In five minutes Dorothy was kissing her father; and Tinker was
presenting the new-found Selina to Sir Tancred with a joyful account of
her delinquencies.
It had taken Sir Tancred little more than two and a half hours to get
free of the Italian authorities; and as Tinker had expected he had
hired a motor-car, and came straight and hard for Genoa, to be turned
aside on to the right track by Tinker's shepherdess.
When they had exchanged stories, Mr. Rainer was for going on and taking
vengeance on the kidnappers. But Sir Tancred dissuaded him, pointing
out that there was no need to have every gossip in Europe talking about
Dorothy. If the police, who were in a bustle from Mentone to Genoa,
caught them, it must be endured. But Dorothy had escaped unharmed, and
the less fuss made about the matter the better.
Mr. Rainer listened to reason; Dorothy got into the car with Sir
Tancred and her father; and they continued the descent. Once on the
highroad they set out for Monte Carlo as hard as they dared go at
night. It was past midnight when they reached the hotel, where Buist
was awaiting them in great anxiety. The sight of them set his mind at
rest; but to this day he is inclined to believe that Sir Tancred had a
hand in the kidnapping of Dorothy, and that Selina was an accomplice.
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