I had no further difficulty in carrying out my plans. I found a small hotel in a back street, got a room there, paid a deposit as I had no luggage wit...
I drove to the hotel. There was no one in the lounge that I knew. I ran upstairs and tapped on Suzanne’s door. Her voice bade me come in.”...
It reminded me forcibly of Episode III in The Perils of Pamela.” How often had I not sat in the sixpenny seats, eating a twopenny bar of milk ch...
(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)I don’t suppose that as long as I live I shall forget my first sight of Table Mountain. I got up frightfully ear...
(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)Mount Nelson Hotel,Cape Town.It is really the greatest relief to get off the Kilmorden.The whole time th...
I got an opportunity of tackling Colonel Race on the following morning. The auction of the sweep had just been concluded, and we walked up and down th...
Diamonds!I stared, fascinated, at the glassy heap on the bunk. I picked up one which, but for the weight, might have been a fragment of broken bottle....
(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)It was on the night of the Fancy Dress dance that I decided that the time had come for me to confide in some one. So f...
It has been a curious evening.The only costume that fitted me in the barber’s emporium was that of a Teddy Bear. I don’t mind playing bear...
(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)There is something to be said for life on board ship. It is peaceful. My grey hairs fortunately exempt m...