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"Yes He is still in hiding It has been ih force of circues"

"Where is he? I want to see hie abetween you"

"But why do the police still search for him?"

"Because of an unfortunate fact The lady, Mademoiselle Ferad, is now confined to a private asylum at Cannes, but all the time she raves furiously about Monsieur Henfrey Hence the French police are convinced that he shot her--and they are deteruilty?"

"I know he is not Yet by force of adverse circumstances, he is compelled to conceal himself until such time that we can prove his innocence"

"Ah! But shall we ever be in a position to prove that?"

"I hope so We ed the ht of the brilliant moon "I have here a letter for you which Mr Henfrey wrote a week ago It only caave her an envelope

"Tellabout this woman, Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo Who is she?" asked Dorise excitedly

"Well--she is a person as notorious at the Rooms, as you yourself know You have seen her"

"And tell irl, not without a note of suspicion in her voice

"For reasons best known to myself, Miss Ranscomb Reasons which are personal"

"That's hardly a satisfactory reply"

"I fear I can give few satisfactory replies until we succeed in ascertaining the truth of what occurred at the Villa Ae you, Miss Ranscomb, to remain patient, and--and not to lose faith in the fully accused"

"But when can I see hierly

"Soon But you must be discreet--and you must ask no questions Just place yourself in h I anorance," was his reply "Otherwise perhaps you would hesitate to trust hed, and then he said: "My name really doesn't matter at present Later, Miss Ransco in the interests of Henfrey"

Again she looked at hi, and yet was sphinx-like in the ht His voice was certainly that of the white cavalier which she recollected so well, but his personality, so strongly