"I'm in the very greatest trouble.

I can't tell you what it is--but--you can help me.

It's about your cousin--if you can tell me where I can find him----" "My cousin, lassie ?" I said.

"I've no cousin you'd be knowing.

None of my cousins live in England--they're all beyond the Tweed." "But--but--your cousin Henry--who worked here in Liverpool--who always stayed with you at the hotel when you were here ?" Oh, her story was too easy to read! Puir lassie--some scoundrel had deceived her and betrayed her.