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Sarah Lakin.

Mark Hepburn laid the letter down upon the table.

“The description,” he said dryly, “would fit James Richet as well as any man I know.”

Nayland Smith, watching him, smiled triumphantly.

“I am glad to hear you say so,” he declared. “You order this man’s arrest; he disappears. He is out to save his skin——”

“It may be.”

“If it is Richet, then Richet would be a valuable card to hold. It’s infuriating, Hepburn, to think that I missed grabbing the fellow tonight! My next regret is that our fair correspondent omits the address at which we can communicate with this ‘Julian Sankey.’ Does any other point in the letter strike you?”

“Yes,” said Hepburn slowly. “It’s undated. But my own sister, who is an honor graduate, rarely dates her letters. The other thing is the telephone.”

“The telephone is the all-important thing.”

Mark Hepburn turned and met the fixed gaze of Nayland Smith’s eyes. He nodded.

“I don’t like the disconnected telephone, Hepburn. I know the master schemer who is up against us ... ! I am wondering if this information will ever come to hand....”