"I'll let you know when I want you." He turned to the night-porter.

"You've a Mr.James Allerdyke stopping here I think ?" he went on.

"He'd come in last night from the Christiania steamer." The night-porter led the way into the hotel, and towards the office.
"Mr.Marshall Allerdyke ?" he asked of the new arrival.

"The gentleman left a card for you; I was asked to give it to you as soon as you came." Allerdyke took the visiting-card which the man produced from a letter rack, and read the lines hastily scribbled on the back-- If you land here during the night, come straight up to my room--263--and rouse me out.

Want to see you at once .-- J.A.
Allerdyke slipped the card into his pocket and turned to the night-porter.
"My cousin wants me to go up to his room at once," he said.