26/31 Her dark eyes glanced quickly and nervously around her, and then she started to walk slowly towards one of the main entrances. The broad back of a policeman was outlined in the entrance. The girl looked wistfully from the policeman to the porter, then appeared to make up her mind. She extracted a silver coin from her purse, and proffered it timidly to the porter. The porter showed no timidity in accepting it. |