26/30 I'll wire or phone when mother returns and we settle about the train. Goodby, darling! See you don't go anywhere alone until I come back." For some reason Winter's manner was not so placid as usual. He looked so obviously perplexed and troubled that Theydon, searching for a cause, suddenly remembered that the chief inspector was a great smoker. "I don't object in the least." But the Royal Devonshire Hotel's best Havana did not wholly banish the frown from Winter's forehead. More than once he glanced at his watch and consulted a time table. |