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g . ‘I. 1' g ' B! P hallo Bereeferd -- T0 LONDON ~par out to sea, still scarcely moving, was that ainsia-tunnciied luxury yacht he had earlier noticed on Blﬂrrltz. She made a brilliant pawn of whit, alalnst the do?! blue of the niaht and flood-lit by he, lights. Nearer. as if joining her from land. a. tiny white motor- i bu“ gped out to sea, leaving a Bothy wake in ile trail.

O'Hara remembered now that urlier the B“ had been hlddﬂl by the mist, which since had aud- denly lifted. The mist could in “c! be seen receding swiftly in the ‘ m, ‘vest. in the aiiapa o! a ions darkly; streak of cloud. Much might have been happening. oriara suddenly realised, under ¢uver of that blanket of sea-fog m which the Chateau might‘ for 50ml} time have been shrouded. He began to understand how easily that motor-launch heading sea- wards from shore, clearly making will all speed for that slow- moving luxury-yacht, might have been connected with the outrage or io-night.

Yet ivhat- he asked himself. did that matter? He turned to the waliiilg and puzzled Rlttenberi, who ivas askinli

"What's that about secret pas- gages?”

"However the’! I0! 1H 0! Gill,” O'Hara laid. "they sot away with what they wanlkd—" ‘

"What we wanted!" the other gorrected him. “Anyhow. the olua in that sealed packet-J’

"It may not matter a0 much." O'Hara sold. "And. IBYWQI- WI can't do any good. locking the liable-door after the boraa has been stolen."

"What about your police-ﬁimd? Haunt we better let him on the 'phone..so he can start after those times, wherever they've sons?"

"1 doubt t1 1 could contact with him at this hour." O'Hara decided ﬂier a glance at his wrist-watch. ‘And it would be worse than use- ivs. notifying the local police. Any- bow, I should be saeina Carnot in the morning. I'd arranaed that already this evening. He's eon-ital here-J‘

"What's the use of bothering about that French policeman?" iri- I terrupted Caryl. iolnihs thom- and looking pale. “A lot of lilo hi‘! grovcd up to how! This place isn't pate to live in thieves can come and go like that. without even bring seenl Just as well, l! think we've decided to R0 to London Li! the morning." -

"So-it is decided?" Rittenbﬂl- interested looked from O'Hara to paryl enquiringly.

"I most certainly am. Caesar tlicrc—" her fingers fluttered in an eloquent gesture towards O'Hara"—-seems to think ! Olliht to keep in the background and stay where 1 am. while he finds out what that letter of tn-day meant, Julius. But I'm doinl that rm- myself, thanks all the same. u- patially after what's beau happen- U18 here to-nlﬂht. c

I'll arranie for II an b ﬂown ever." O'Hara said, seeing that it was useless to argue with her. "In fact. I'll try at once to |et in touch aiih Lucas at his hotel, if the ‘phone's still operating at thll hour of the momlllb"

lie had to admire the spirit in Oaryl, which made her refuse to be a mere figure-head. dependina mi others for help. And, tor that matter. he wasn't aware o! any plllTlPlllBl’ danger to her i! she 10l- lowcd her determination. On the other hand. he saw-and he had liolled to save her this-consider- able shock and humiliation when she discovered the sender of to- fill/Ks letter to be nona other than Andrew Fayne, to whose estate ﬂie really had no right. '

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London, O'Hara found I rather ianialisbialy. was in ainaulariy brilliant mood both socially end as to sunshine during the first dara of his arrival there. After ao lona an absence, he rather expected to tmci more change than than act- ually was. For there ll I chann- iwsnvss about London at heart. liVhlCh no amount of va-rllio’ 1a plumage all! b11602. ‘

It was difficult sometimes l0!’ - him to realize. in this atmosphere of solidity and safety, the P1111080 which had bwusht him bee! sooner than he had intended- Yousef Hussein and cw Ferns Uemed till-CHI imp bio 805v ‘ Wm o! some wild imasinatiee in illch common-sense aurroundinla H London's people.

It was not Wlthbllt 80ml "l!!! U‘ ._ ﬁrst that be found Owl M4 w- . . "Pied an invitation trora Litton-

Mrs to m. at the small boon in . Q . M Kenslnztbiiywhtrl the film-director _ . ‘ ' c lived with an unmarried llltI- ‘

O'Hara himself saw Virainia Waat V = ’ ' l0 the flat near Regent's Nth. _ which she occupied with bu Iioiher.

lie nut up at his alub 0!! l Piccadilly, the members o! which

- l were either air piluta or concerned a

“lilmlicli! with aviation. $0 for - .

"it first couple of days. he really , .

ha returned to the little world of _ ,

'*hl¢h he was part. meeting old

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ﬁnds. maktn new aoquaintan- ' “I. attending :0 his 01m personal i ‘flair; with his lawyer. a0 au- ' "Wing himself to ‘be in a 1R butter financial position than he

had imagined when leavin; Rwt.

“a tMtlllQ I lltl-ll O! Chll "Iﬂﬁ ~

Wile" he had often promised hlm- '

"l! in those long and thirsty ' ":11 of desert heat.

is could not last long, he - ~ v - haw, If, w” u” 1° guqy M15151‘ - I ‘ _ , "in he mo flown hm in aueh 15x0 from Elan-its. and ha was seriously reminded of thil on hilthird rnornin] in london. i- ‘ ' H ' OLDSMOBILE ' m“ “mans n m newmm _ t... n t v u o l. E r n o N 1| c "If bresklllt. (To Ia Continued)