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“Herr Riker Oh, yes”

“You know him?”

“The diaular, every couple of months or so Is he a friend of yours?”

“We met recently Twice?

?

“I believe he is traveling with his bodyguard Yes, this fellow here Pliot his usual stateroo locked up in the express car that’s Riker’s” He followed down the list “No mention of his ward”

“What ward?”

“Lovely young lady But, no, she’s not listed this trip Pity”

“What do you mean”

“Nothing, sir I just irls that isn’t hard on the eyes”

“Riker see to have a ward”

“She’s just a student-oh, I see what you mean Don’t you doubt it, sir I see every sort of couple you could iine on the Limited Riker and his ward are completely on the up-and-up Always separate staterooms”

“Adjoining?” asked Bell, who always booked two staterooms when he traveled with Marion

“But it’s not what you think You get an eye for this on the 20th Century, Mr Bell They’re not that sort of couple”

Bell resolved to check on that Research had made no mention of a ward