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'Why on earth didn't you come and warn me or someone else in the hotel? asked Racksole. 'Oh, I don't know, Dad, she replied sweetly. 'I had got interested in it, and I thought I would see it out myself. Well, as I was saying, Mr. Babylon, she continued, addressing her remarks to Felix, with a dazzling smile, 'that noise went on for quite a long time.
Strange matters and unexpected faces had been descried from the little window, and more than one European detective had kept vigil there with the most eminently satisfactory results. At eleven o'clock Theodore Racksole, afflicted by vexation of spirit, found himself gazing idly through the little barred window. Nella was with him.
And I am bound to admit that the stables of my uptown place are fitted with marble. Racksole laughed. 'Ah! said Hazell. 'Now I can believe that I am lunching with a millionaire. It's strange how facts like those unimportant in themselves appeal to the imagination. You seem to me a real millionaire now. You've given me some personal information; I'll give you some in return.
That night, or rather about half-past one the next morning, when the last noises of the hotel's life had died down, Racksole made his way to Room 111 on the second floor. He locked the door on the inside, and proceeded to examine the place, square foot by square foot. Every now and then some creak or other sound startled him, and he listened intently for a few seconds.
'Impossible, my dear fellow! said Babylon, amused at such a confession, to him a great connoisseur and lover of fine wines almost incredible. 'But really you must see them to-morrow. If I may, I will accompany you. 'Why not to-night? Racksole suggested, calmly. 'To-night! It is very late: Hubbard will have gone to bed. 'And may I ask who is Hubbard? I remember the name but dimly.
'Don't you think we'd better search the house first? Racksole suggested; 'it will be safer to know just how we stand. We can't afford any ambushes or things of that kind, you know. The Prince agreed, and they searched the house from top to bottom, but found no one. Then, having locked the front door and the french window of the sitting-room, they proceeded again to the cellar.
He struck a match, relighted the candle, and faced Miss Spencer once more. 'I'll do it again, she said, with a note of hard resolve. 'Oh, no, you won't, my girl, said Racksole; and he pulled out his revolver, cocked it, raised his hand. 'Put down that plaything of yours, he said firmly. 'No, she answered. 'I shall shoot. She pressed her lips together. 'I shall shoot, he repeated.
'That's so, said Racksole. 'And Felix Babylon has gone? 'He is going, if he has not already gone. 'Ah! I see, said the Prince; 'this is one of your American "strokes". You have bought to sell again, is that not it? You are on your holidays, but you cannot resist making a few thousands by way of relaxation. I have heard of such things.
If I remember right Prince Eugen invariably has a bottle when he comes to stay here. It is not on the hotel wine list, of course, and only a few customers know of it. We do not precisely hawk it about the dining-room. 'Indeed! said Racksole. 'Let us go inside.
'I accept, said Babylon, and added, 'You are very good, Mr Racksole. They strolled together back to the hotel, saying nothing in particular, but feeling very content with each other's company. 'Many customers? asked Felix Babylon. 'Very tolerable, said Racksole, assuming as much of the air of the professional hotel proprietor as he could.
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