10/46 If an alien hand is there, it is imperceptible." At this splendid tribute Jaffery beamed with happiness. He tossed the letter to Barbara across the breakfast table. Ho! ho! ho! But it's stunning, isn't it? This ought to satisfy Doria, don't you think so ?" "It ought to," said Barbara. "I'll send it up to her room." But Doria with Adrian's impeccability on the brain--and how could a work of Adrian's be impeccable when an alien hand, however imperceptible, had touched it ?--was not satisfied. |