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X92T
by
E.
Phillips
Oppenhelm
INSTALMENT
XXXVI.
Miss
Brown
was
probably
made
of
sterner
stuff
than
was
suggested
by
her
mild
and,
in
its
way,
kindly
demeanor
sterner
stuff,
than
she
herself
realized,
gerhaps,
he
slept
well
that
night
in
her
little
room
at
SheDherd's
Market,
oreDared
her
breakfast
as
usual
I
to
say
If
there
are
"There
will
be
none.
You
must
re-
memoer
mat
this
block
of
Govern
ment
Buildings
finishes
on
the
ocycuui
uoor.
t
ne&e
rooms
nave
no
recognized
existence.
Our
tele
pnone
ts
a
separate
line,
and
you
won't
find
the
name
of
'Mr.
John
Glyde'
In
the
book.
There
are
two
commissionaires
on
duty
night
and
day
on
the
seventh
finnr
where
the
elevator
and
staircase
end.
and
no
one
is
allowed
to
ascend
higher
unless
they
have
a
pass
from
X.Y.O.,
Scotland
Yard,
or
the
War
Office.
You
have
your
key
of
the
door?"
Miss
Brown
showed
It
to
him.
attached
to
a
chain
which
went
round
her
neck.
"Mergen
and
his
wife
live
up
here.
That
is
all.
They'll
keep
ths
rooms
tWy
and
Mrs.
Mergen
would
cook
a
meal
if
you
wanted
one.
Deal
with
any
emergency
that
may
decur
Recording
to
your
"You
talk
as
though
you
going
away
for
some
time,"
were,
Miss
urown
remarKeo.
"My
movements
are
uncertain.4
Dessiter
answered.
"I
am
going
out.
now.
I
may
be
back
later
In
the
day
perhaps
not
for
two
or
three
days.
I
shall
leave
no
address
1
not
even
for
you."
He
made
his
way
throueh
the
door
which
communicated
with
his
private
apartment
and
Miss
Brown
began
upon
her
pile
of
letters.
When
he
reappeared
In
about
half
Ian
hour,
she
noticed
with
Interest
11
i
t
1.
1
..............
They
were
slight
In
their
way,
and
yet
significant.
All
the
variations
which
had
transformed
Colonel
Dessiter
into
John
Glyde
were
slightly
emphasized.
With
extra
ordinary
little
help
from
artificial
means,
no
one
in
the
world
would
have
recognized
Colonel
Dessiter
the
next
mornlnz
and
made
her
in
the
older
man
of
languid
ao-
nimftual
aDDearance
in
Whitehall,
ipearance
who
walked
with
a
slight
tt-
Ia
Via
-1
ii
I
ac
woo
I
eVtiiffta
marked
by
nothing
in
the
way
of
enthusiastic
greetings
or
congratulations.
Dessiter
simply
looked
up
from
his
desk,
waved
her
to
her
place,
and
smiled.
The
smile
itself,
however,
was
a
occurrence.
"Well
done,
Miss
Brown,"
be
said,
turning
back
to
his
letters.
"You
managed
that
excellently."
Miss
Brown
divested
herself
of
her
coat
and
hat.
arranged
her
hair
by
guess
work
and
walked
on
air
to
her
seat.
She
felt
as
though
one
of
the
great
ones
of
the
world!
had
stooped
down
from
some
high
place
to
pat
her
on
the
back
and'
overwhelm
her
with
congratulations.
She
knew
that
her
Instructions
had
been
carried
out
faithfully
and.
Intelligently,
and
that
one
laconic
sentence
of
appreciation
had
set
all
her
blood
tingling
and
filled
her
with
a
great
and
holy
satisfaction
with
life
and
things
in
general.
Dessiter
finished
his
letter
and
turned
round
In
his
place.
"Plenty
of
more
work
ahead
of
us.
Miss
Brown,
he
remarked.
"I'm
very
glad
to
hear
it,"
she
replied.
"May
I
ask
a
question?
IT.
J
1
ill'
iiUJUEU.
cv
uu
aa
w
tan
k
an
iuuiaticck
.,
"About
Lady
Hannerton?"
Dessiter
stretched.
ouk
his
hand
toward
the
box
of
-"cigarettes,
wnien
wa
never
iar
rremhls
el
bow.
selected
one'
and
'lit
1L
.;:
"She
ought
to
be
shot,"
he
said.
"We're
the
sort
of
country
though
that
doesnt
go
in
for
that
sort
of
iiiuw.
uur
new
esiaDiisnmem
ae
pends
virtually
upon
an
under
standing
with
the
authorities
that
we
are
not
to
press
for
the
more
rigorous
penalties.
That's
why
I
wonted
so
hard
to
get
the
reservist
back-
under
military
dlseipi
line.
If
a.
sqpny,
business,
anyhow.
Lady'
Hanftertbnwfll
be
;'blayjngJ
uetue.
n
quarmue
at
Aionte
Carlo
tomorrow
night.
She.
is
on
her
.
way
now.".
'
.
Miss
Brown
breathed
a
little
sigh
of
relief,
"She
was
quite
kind
to
me
In
her
way."
she
explained,
"and
I
felt-,
well,
it
was
the
first
time,
you
know,
that
I
had
done
that
sort
of
work
I
felt
rather
a
sneak."
Desaiter
looked
at
her
lor
a
mo-meat
curiously
through
the
wrssUhs
of
cigarette
smoke.
"Ye.
I
suppose
you
would,"
he
remarked.
'That's
what
makes
you
such
a
perfect
agent
for
certain
P3
enterprises.
But
it
makes
me
doubt
very
much
whether
you
would
succeed
in
the
profession
generally."
"How
soon
do
you
think
anything
will
happen?"
Miss
Brown
asked.
"Not
for
a
week
or
a
fortnight,
at
any
rate,"
Dessiter
replied.
"By
the
bye,
during
that
time
I
may
b
here
or
I
may
not.
Come
and
eo
at
your
usual
time
and
you
will
Ilndj
oTBijr
muiiung
upon
your
oesic
all
the
work
you
can
get
through.
For
instance,
there's
a
day's
work
there
now.
The
lists
that
are
to;bei
copied
must
be
sealed
and
handed
over
by
you
to
a
representative
from
X.Y.O..
Scotland
Yard,
who
1
come
when
you
telephone
for
Your
verdict.
-Miss
Brown?"
he
asked.
"I
think
you're
quite
wonderful,"
she
assured
hira.
7ou
havent
a
wig.
you're
not
made
up.
there
very
rare;
isn't
anything
about
to
attract
I
any
attention,
whatever,
yet
I
don't
believe
a
soul
in
the
world:
would
believe
that
you
are
the
man
I
found-lying
upon
the
coucn
in;
Lmberteon
Square.
I
shouldo'
i
have
recognized
you."
"My
youthful
experience
in
Ihea-
i
tricals
helps,"
he
remarked.
"I
was
1
taught
then
to
make
up
phsychol-1
ogieally
rather
than
with
the
air
or
Clarkson.
However,
Im
going
"As
a
matter
of
fact.
Miss
I
sed
in
the
most
correct
of
town
clothes
Dessiter
had
always
worn
tweeds
and
with
a
slight
limp
which
necessitated
his
leaning
occasionally
upon
a
rubber-shod
RUBB
0i
rnr
vmv
sews
ran
m
hi
hi
ii
i
!
i
Hi
w
m
i
ft
'im
.
m
m
b
-mm
fififn
'Brown,
I
don't
mind
telling
you,'
"y
mj.
Olyde,"
uhe
answered
ne
coniiaea
isn
i
a.
aeau
sec-
(
turning
around,
ret
anyhow
I'm
'
going
to
meet
"Have
you
spent
me
iwg
reprcsemuuvro
ui
a
i
w
money?
from
Scotland
Yard
and
the
War
Office
across
at
Downing
Street,
and
we're
going
to
have
a
little
friendly
chat
with
the
Prime
Mln
ister.
There,
are,
Just
one
or
two
little
things
Tve
kept
Dack
until
the
right
moment.
Queer
fellows,
these
Dolitlcians.
Spring
your
in
formation
upon
them
all
at
once
and
they
think
youe
got
a
bee
In
your
bonnet.
Give
it
to
them
piecemeal
and
hesitantly,
and
they
believe
you.
Au
revolr,
Miss
Brown."
"Au
revolr,
Mr.
John
Glvde."
The
mvsterious
chief
of
XYO
lingered
for
a
moment
upon
the
threshold,
a
distinguished
and
handsome
elderly
gentleman,
dres
She
touched
softly.
all
thai
"Not
a
twentledto
part
of
It."
"If
I
might
make
the
without
offence,"
he
con
tin-
THAN
EV
EN
KAIEN
MADE
I
be
insisted.
!
some
tlmi
I
He
depar
"See
to
It,
Miss
Brown
i
today.
Cfood-by!"
ied,
closing
the
door
arter
him.
During
tho
next
few
days
hls-wi-v
ronoated
itself.
The
price
of
Uiu&Ubygg
?,B-iHr-iio.'.hter-ewmed
todays.1
gintn
Ishe
feSp
jj
GARAGE,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
my
thought
I'd
come
.1.1
lull'
un
and
have.
a
una.
iiing.
pin.
liwiveos
wnat'fl
happened
tp
you
Edith?
Turn,
round.
A
new
fur
coat
and-what
a
pretty
one
and
hat,
toot
and
a
new
irocK
underneath
ooal
soared,
shares
in
all
the
great
child,
have
you
any
idea
how
nt
industrials
and
textiles
dropped,
tractive
you
are
looKlng?"
i
an
sorts
of
contradictory
reports;
Miss
Brown
flushed
as
she
sIId-i
were
floating
around,
but
the
chief
ped
of
fher
coat
and
little
pull-
-;
centre
of
interest
was
tne
ran-1
over
nat,
ana
stooped
to
light
the
uostu
rauwr
uu.
j
proclaun
iiwh
somehow
as
pro-
strike
had
been
planned
and
or-,
"I
don't
know
why
I'd
let
myself
:
.
i
x-JKonoex
wuuuuw.
wnere
"win.
i
you
juu.iv.
re
going
hwit
i
c.
ii
j
!
froni
nn
ftn
old-wound.
met-
wnnno.
mnizer.
nurpivE
Lntr-nicraTcs-oi
epi
o
snanov."
Kni
sain
-kvpii
mw
murmured
a
little
little
wistfully.
wistruiiy.
i
r;
rnwn
"
he
said,
with
.
.
r
.
Tsmaay,
Frances
went
on
uon
l
seem
I
vTf
Tr.""
you
are
''17.;
Hi...
tMHll..
.
it
ina
...
JBl
i
hOt
hot
SO
M8rr'i?utw
-i?U'tOM
iNhv.
exclaimed
.
MtaiiL
at
an
lnBlirnifi..-.
.
would
C
like
mp
mhm
"ft
UCUULITtll
ftn
-VVUL
i
unim
i
r.."
"mire
of
tauL1
good,"
Frances
HliLhZ?
nopeless
Iftv
.
Jhn.M'
All
a
fancv
T
m.
m
to
itiatlon
from,
with
scarcely
thsI
bought
some
clothes,
so
I
did."
-
She
ttarted
--vi
th
...
.
.
...
.
.
.
.
a.
ui-
I'MVlAi
-
.
.
indorsement
01
tne
traoes
unions.
"An
employer
wno
taxes
an
In-
uick
acnin
v,V.
an
to
Malakof
f's
opera
was
produced
i
terest
in
with
great
success,
and
Malakof
f
I
remarked,
as
she
himself
was
acclaimed
to
the
'becomes
at
once
prhn
Tr
thp
nnp
nr
Ivn
(nfpr-
me
ft
full
HAerHntlnn
one's
dpthes.
Frances
herself
of
hrr
r.i7:?"
w
dirt.
lit
a
cigarette,
!
"A
young
tarnirr
.
Interesting.
pivpUley,"
she
Sfr!
ion
oi
Mr.
Jonnie'"euing
or
cows
rert
,
raH
viewers,
however,
who
forsook
the
Glyde."
..
.
.
.
iRuriy.
.
burly,
tans
taps
h.,
hit'J'N
in,ro
it
nuur
nr
Tniiif
nnn
unnMvnnvi
i
vr
in
n
vn
i
mi
nnn
ir
nifv.
ai'T
m.
nruk
""'h
i
il
w
vuwui
iivno
u
u
,
v-mij
.
...wi
uiunn
i
unuiucu
iici
ill
1
ri
111
n
.
n
m
ur
,
....
.
......
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.
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1
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.a
.
LU
'
uea,
especuuiy
iiuw
o
juu
utc
uunmi
niuimui,
ne
aa
uaiuu.
ciucii.
very
siern
ana
yet
e
01
my
admlrt'rs
it'
freed
from
any
anxiety
as
re-,
"I
was
a
politician
in
my
own
quite
kind.
He's
absolutely
indlf-lhim
I
should
hav
t
96
nards
vour
future
income,
why
not
country."
he
s?.id.
"and
mv
opln-'ferent
to
women,
and
I
am
nultniwork
in
a
,it
.1?
a?
aj
of
It
clothes?"
lions
and
convictions
well!
sure
he
would
have
noticed
I'm
spend
some
upon
are
um.v
w.
nutiiu
,trTw
never
liaic
uuutm
1
4
'M
not
IVJC
Miss
Brown's
blue
eyes
opened
known.
Here,
I
am
a
guest
and
I
a
little
wider.
She
glanced
at
her
have
nothing
to
say."
hat
and
mackintosh
hanging
up
It
was
a
statement
which
pro-
In
a
corner,
remembered
the
duced
a
smile
among
certain
of-
shinlness
of
one
sleeve
of
her
flclals
of
Whitehall
and
Scotland
frock,
was
acutely
conscious
of
i
Yard
who
had
become
accurate
the
natch
upon
her
shoe,
"Ofothes?"
she
repeated.
"Clothe,"
he
said
firmly
"hats
coats,
lrorks.
You're
got
the
money,"
"Somehow
or
other,"
she
faltered,
"I
Always
looked
upon
that
money
as
being
for
an
emer
gency."
"The
emergency
has
arrived,"
ly
miormed
of
various
of
Mala-koff's
activities.
In
the
midst
of
it
all,
Frances
came
up
to
London.
Miss
Brown
found
her
entering
the
flat
one
evening
as
she
herself
returned
from
Whitehall.
"No
telling
how
long
there'll
be
petrol
or
coal
to
carry
us
anywhere,"
Frances
announced,
"so
sure
thflt
T
''WIB
mi,
nlnl
Vine
fr
am
4U
41
1
Vn.t..
4
.
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U
1
KhlnU.
...j
fivvtiva
4yUb
IVI
Vl.C
lai
lliai
i
444
1
1
wt
UU
rnA
i
.hl
myij
snoes
were
patched,
my
was
shiny
and
the
fur
of
that
old
!
Interrupted.
coat
01
mine
was
In
a
disgrace-
AH
right;
Fran,.,
fulstate."
reaching
V
fnr
444..4.UM
w.,vmjiubvu
nt
uicaui.vnii.
i
lieu
lucre's
Mr
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"Well,
I
daresay
that's
all
out
education
whose
,ts
right."
she
said,
"You"
seem
to
be:ing
for
me
wks
a
1eM,
taking,
a
great
deal
more
Interest
to
get
me
to
pav
a
nt
de4'
In
life
lately
and
you've
changed
with
him
to
some
rMrt."2.tk
somehow,
Edith,
In
your
way.
an
incident
in
bis
daintv
flffiire
nlcn
vnl
(bottle
at
...
wle
e
t
.
.
.
4.
1
n
..
-
'
w
I1PW
Iv..
rieasc
De
ouiei."
cilia."
"It's
really"
rather
a
blow
to
me."
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