Chapter 11 WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS

"Shall we go to the countess at once, Ruth?" asked Barbara.

Ruth hesitated. "The chauffeur has gone away for the day," she replied. "And we have no one to take us by boat to the villa."

Mollie's blue eyes filled with tears. She had feared that Ruth suspected their lovely countess. Now she was sure of it. How absurd for Ruth to suggest they co