He had the foresight to suggest that the job should be undertaken by
the very detective agency he had employed to shadow young Scoville
and also to keep an eye on Maud. Naturally, she was never to know the
truth about the matter. She was to believe that her father came up
with a huge sum in the shape of ransom, no questions asked. He also
remembered in time and added the imperative command that she was to
be confined in clean, comfortable quarters and given the best of
nourishment. But, above all else, it was to be managed in a decidedly
realistic way, for Maud was a keen-witted creature who would see
through the smallest crack in the conspiracy if there was a single
false movement on the part of the plotters. It is also worthy of
mention that Mrs. Blithers was never--_decidedly never_--to know the
truth about the matter.
He went in to luncheon in a very amiable, even docile frame of mind.
"I've thought the matter over, Lou," he said, "and I guess you are
right, after all. We will make all the repairs necessary, but we
won't consider living in it ourselves.
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