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"It's one of the nicest houses in the whole county of Surrey, my boy," Benton declared enthusiastically "Mrs Bond fully lucky in securing it The family are unfortunately ruined, as so h prices, and she just stepped in at the psychological moment"

"Well, I really don't kno to thank you sufficiently, Mrs Bond," Hugh declared "It is really extreers," exclaimed the handsome woman "Do you recollect e ht at the Carlton?"

"I recollect perfectly well We met before the hen one could really enjoy oneself contentedly"

"Since then I have been travelling a great deal," said the woman "I've been in Italy, the South of Spain, the Azores, and over to the States I got back only a few h was shown to his room, a pretty apartment, from the diamond-paned s of which spread out a lovely view across to Godal and Hindhead, with the South Downs in the blue far away

"Now you must ed as they ca-room after a wash

Tea was served, and over it much chatter about people and places Mrs Bond was, like her friend Benton, a thorough-going cosh had no idea of her real reputation, or of her remarkable adventures Neither had he any idea that Molly Maxanted by the Paris Surete, just as he hi place?" re terrace sarettes before dinner "Mrs Bond was indeed fortunate in finding it"

"Beautiful!" declared Hugh in genuine adht in Monte Carlo he had been living in frowsy surroundings, concealed in thieves' hiding-places, eating coarse food, and hearing the slang of the underworld of Europe

It had been exciting, yet he had been drawn into it against his will--just because he had feared for Dorise's sake, to face the music after that mysterious shot had been fired at the Villa Auests, and as Hugh and Benton strolled up and down the terrace in the fast growing darkness, the elder h Don't worry I'm truly sorry that you have landed yourself into this hole, but--well, for the life of me I can't see what led you to seek out that woo there?"