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The one photograph of van Heerden in existence, thousands of copies of an excellent snapshot taken by one of Beale's assistants, were distributed by aeroplane to every district centre. At two o'clock Hilda Glaum was arrested and conveyed to Bow Street. She showed neither surprise nor resentment and offered no information as to van Heerden's whereabouts.
Glaum was as silent as if he had been dipped in water. Thorbjorn said: "Are the brothers in the hut? Why are they not about?" "That would not be so easy," said Glaum, "for Grettir is sick and nigh to death and Illugi is sitting with him." Thorbjorn asked about his condition, and what had happened. Then Glaum told him all about Grettir's wound.
"Come, Miss Glaum, let us be absolutely frank with one another. I am telling you that I don't intend bringing your action to the notice of the police, and you can give me a little information which will be very useful to me." "It's a lie," she repeated, visibly agitated, "I did not steal anything. If Miss Cresswell says so "
It was the same work that Beale had given to her, a list of the hotels, their proprietors and means of conveyance, but there was no reference to the police. And then it dawned upon her. An unusually long description produced certain characteristics of writing which she recognized. "Hilda Glaum!" she said. "I wonder what this means!"
He has heard probably from the girl Hilda Glaum that van Heerden is getting married the underworld do not get their news out of special editions he probably knows too that van Heerden is engaged in some swindle which is outside the parson's line of business." "Will he help you?" "Sure," Beale said with quiet confidence, "the man is broke and desperate.
He strolled past the grill-hidden desk which had once held Oliva Cresswell, and saw out of the tail of his eye a stranger in her place and by her side the darkly taciturn Hilda Glaum. Mr. White, that pompous man, greeted him strangely. As the police chief came into the private office Mr. White half-rose, turned deadly pale and became of a sudden bereft of speech.
Two disasters have you now brought about, Glaum; first you let our fire go out, and now you have brought in this tree of ill-fortune. A third mistake will be the death of you and of us all." Illugi then bound the wound. It bled little; Grettir slept well that night and three days passed without its paining him.
When they got right out to sea the weather quieted and was no longer too heavy. In the evening as it was getting dark they reached Drangey. It has now to be told how Grettir became so ill that he could not stand on his feet. Illugi sat with him and Glaum had to hold watch.
"Believe me, I never saw him if I had a message to send, my cashier ah Miss Glaum, an admirable young lady carried it for me." "Hilda Glaum!" Beale struck his palm. Why had he not thought of Hilda Glaum before? "That's about all I want to ask you, Mr. White," he said mildly; "you're a lucky man." "Lucky, sir!" Mr. White recovered his hauteur as quickly as Beale's aggressiveness passed.
"I'll leave this untidiness for your man to clear," said Kitson. "Where do you go now?" "To see Hilda Glaum if the fates are kind," said Beale. "I'm going to put up a bluff, believing that in her panic she will lead me into the lion's den with the idea of van Heerden making one mouthful of me. I've got to take that risk.
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