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His face was emotionless, yet he spoke with a haste which was unusual. "It is true that I seek him," he said. "This morning he has cashed a cheque for two hundred thousand pounds. I do not understand. There is a part of our bargain which he has not kept." A gleam of intelligence flitted into the face of the newly discovered Delora. He stepped forward. "It is in order," he said.
"Monsieur," Louis said, "if it rested with me alone I would tell you all these things. I would give you our confidence freely, because we are a little company who trust freely when we are sure. The others, however, do not know you as I know you, and I have the right to divulge only certain things to you. Mr. Delora has come to this country on a mission of peculiar danger.
Indeed," I continued, "there are several things which I want to say to you, Miss Delora." "And I," she murmured. "It will be delightful. But step gently, monsieur. He must not be awakened." She pointed to that closed door, and I looked steadfastly into her eyes. It was not possible that she was acting. I was convinced that she believed that her uncle was really in the next room.
The tall, powerful-looking man whom I saw bowing over my cousin's hand was indeed the person whom I had seen with Delora a few hours ago. I ran Freddy to ground, and presently I found myself also bowing before His Excellency. He regarded me through his horn-rimmed spectacles with a benign and pleasant expression.
I came out into the sitting-room. "You coward!" I said to Louis. He shrank back against the wall. He still held the stick in his hand, but he showed not a sign of fight. The other man stood with clenched fists, as though about to spring upon him, but I stepped between them. "In the first place," I said to the newcomer, "you had better look into that room. You will see that Mr. Delora is not there.
"If I did," I answered serenely, "it seems to me that it was my business." The police inspector was imperturbable. "When was the last time you saw this Mr. Delora?" he asked. "At Charing Cross Station," I answered. "He left the carriage directly the train stopped and went to get a hansom. He had been sea-sick coming over, and was anxious to get to the hotel very quickly."
"You are not seriously suggesting," I asked, "that a young lady in the position of Miss Delora would descend to scheming with a head-waiter?" "Captain Rotherby," my companion said, "I do not know anything. I do not understand anything. I only know that the Delora business has puzzled me, has puzzled my chief. We have important communications for Mr. Delora, and he cannot be found."
Delora's bedroom, and of that there will be, after midnight, a key upon the mantelpiece in the sitting-room." "But Miss Delora?" I asked. "What of her? The sitting-room connects, also, with her apartments." "Mademoiselle will be told something of this during the evening," Louis answered. "It will be better.
I think myself that it is brutal to have brought such a child here and to have left her alone " "She is not alone," Delora interrupted stiffly. "She has a companion." "Who arrived yesterday," I continued. "She has spent some very bad days alone, I can promise you that." "I have telephoned," Delora said, "twice a day sometimes oftener." I laughed ironically.
"This morning's letters are in your room, sir," he announced. I nodded. I was not particularly interested in my letters! I drew Ashley a little on one side. "Tell me," I said, "is Miss Delora still here?" "She is still here, sir," Ashley announced. "The companion also?" I asked. "Yes, sir!" he answered. "I am not sure whether they are in, sir, but they are still staying here." "And Mr. Delora?"
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