xtraordinary from the United States to the Court of St. James, migh

st was of a contrary kind. Mr. Thurlow's explosive indignation found itself unable to disturb the calm, or deflect the

im in the high position he held - which would, indeed, have been too high to have permitted him to give his time to the details

cess was due to the fact that he preferred the obvious and commonplace to the bizarre or recondite explanation of any problem with which he might have t

t gentleman's suite, sharing a pleasant fire, and hav

nd he has been murdered here. He did not die by his own hand, that is sure. We do not say it was done by you. We have no cause to suggest! But a motive there must have been. And it is bet

. I did not know who he was, nor how he came to be there. Can I be plainer than that? It is for you to explain, and for t

e matter, but continued the conversation without being diverted

justification might be proposed. Our Government would listen to representations made in the right way, coming from one in the position you hold, or from your Government on your behalf,

nothing at all. C

young man you

aken at a price which should secure my privacy, unless

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l me why you came

r approves

an audible sigh. "And the young man who is slight

of that. He did

you will not help me at all. . . . I wi

othing. She was not

s to be

will ca

refer to se

with an impatient gesture, he

I waste my own if I tell you that. I w

r father said: "Irene, you had better answer any questions this gentleman asks. He thinks I hav

Samuel to interrogate a girl who now l