She returned his glance of appeal with a hard, fixed stare.

Then she turned away.
"Susanne," she called to her maid, who was in the inner room, "I am dressing at once.

I will show you what to put out." She disappeared, closing the connecting door behind her.

The two men walked out to the lift in silence.

Draconmeyer rang the bell.
"You are not leaving Monte Carlo at present, then, Sir Henry ?" he remarked.
"Not at present," Hunterleys replied calmly.
They parted without further speech.