The Master's Just Come Back, Miss, Said Germain

Monsieur charles and his sons rose and made way for her. But bernard lingered behind, apparently to admire the bric a brac on the cabinets. With infinite quickness he grabbed two objects off the nearest and followed his brothers. The duke sprang across the hall in three strides, caught him by the arm on the very threshold, jerked him back into the hall and shut the door. Bernard turned pale to the lips. His frightened eyes seemed about to leap from their sockets. It it was a mistake, he stammered. Forgive me,. he cried in a choking voice. Don't tell anyone, for god's sake, don't tell