36/38 To-day we have learned that Medcroft is in London. Your linen is marked with a letter B.You've drawn money on a letter of credit together with a woman who signs herself as Edith F.Medcroft.There is something wrong with you, Mr.B., and these officers, acting for the hotel and the State Bank, have been instructed to detain you pending an investigation." Mr.Githens was vindicating himself. He may have been a trifle disconcerted by Miss Fowler's musical laugh and Brock's plain guffaw, but he managed to preserve a stiff dignity. "It's no laughing matter. |