32/41 I defy the Devil to touch me now. It was simply to hold the bag open. The stroke of a lifetime! "God! What a row there'll be; but it will take a month to find out that he has not skipped. I will be in hiding; but to-morrow I must face this Magyar fool. What shall I tell her ?" Mr.August Meyer tramped the deck alone until he hit upon a plausible explanation of the awakening which would arouse the Magyar songbird's gravest suspicions. |