Julius sprang up.What?”I thought you were aware of that.”When did she leave?”Let me see. To-day is Monday, is it not? It must have b...
Nothing was more surprising and bewildering to Tuppence than the ease and simplicity with which everything was arranged, owing to Sir James’s sk...
Sir James brushed past Julius and hurriedly bent over the fallen woman.Heart,” he said sharply. Seeing us so suddenly must have given her a shoc...
Friday and Saturday passed uneventfully. Tuppence had received a brief answer to her appeal from Mr. Carter. In it he pointed out that the Young Adven...
Dressed appropriately, Tuppence duly sallied forth for her afternoon out.” Albert was in temporary abeyance, but Tuppence went herself to the st...
Tuppence betrayed no awkwardness in her new duties. The daughters of the archdeacon were well grounded in household tasks. They were also experts in t...
When Tommy set forth on the trail of the two men, it took all Tuppence’s self-command to refrain from accompanying him. However, she contained h...
Taken aback though he was by the man’s words, Tommy did not hesitate. If audacity had successfully carried him so far, it was to be hoped it wou...
Whittington and his companion were walking at a good pace. Tommy started in pursuit at once, and was in time to see them turn the corner of the street...
A veil might with profit be drawn over the events of the next half-hour. Suffice it to say that no such person as Inspector Brown” was known to ...