I tell him with exquisite politeness tofade off and
hush down.
Oh, Chan will make good, Kirk assured him. Yes, Im
coming, so get resigned, lady,get resigned. The table was set, the candles lighted,
preparationsfor the dinner apparent. Depends on theauthentic value of my hunch. When
I saw that man on the fire-escapeI became so excited I leaned against the garden
railing.
Depends on theauthentic value of my hunch. I would
be an explorer, like my cousin Li Gung, the boy answered in thesame rather stilted
tongue. I leave these missing women toyou and Miss Morrow here. Sir Frederics mail
isnt coming here any more? On Friday, Bill Rankin called Chan on the telephone. She
came serenely into the room, and stood there.
The deputy district attorneyrose from behind an
orderly desk and greeted them smilingly. He restored the clipping to hispocketbook.
Eileen Enderby, even before she spoke, seemed flustered and nervous.
Going below, he took up hisstand in the doorway of
the Kirk Building.
How clever of you to look there, Miss Morrow
approved. Since yourenot very likely to investigate yourself, perhaps I should take
over thejob.
Miss Garland, we are sunk deepin your debt. I see
youve found something, Kirk suggested.
He restored the clipping to hispocketbook. More
women in this casethan in the League of Women Voters. He took from MissMorrows hand
his cup of tea, selected a small cake, and dropped into achair. Youve got the
makings of a detective after all, Sergeant. The Captainseemed very pleased with
himself. Be good enough to tell me, have you performed your kindact for today? There
were a thousand questions I wanted to ask of course.
Well, Id better have a talk with him some
time.
But I thought of Sir Frederics murder, and it
seemed to me a veryserious thing she was asking.