"
When Renwick had gone and closed the door behind him, Loder
paced the room with feverish activity. In one moment the
aspect of life had been changed. Five minutes since he had
been glorying in the risk of a barely saved situation; now
that situation with its merely social complications had become
a matter of small importance.
His long, striding steps had carried him to the fireplace, and
his back was towards the door when at last the handle turned.
He wheeled round to receive Eve's message; then a look of
pleased surprise crossed his face. It was Eve herself who
stood in the doorway.
Without hesitation his lips parted. "Eve," he said, abruptly,
"I have had great news! Russia has shown her teeth at last.
Two caravans belonging to a British trader were yesterday
interfered with by a band of Cossacks. The affair occurred a
couple of miles outside Meshed; the traders remonstrated, but
the Russians made summary use of their advantage. Two
Englishmen were wounded and one of them has since died.
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