32/59 She was expecting the girl but the girl never appeared. I have been to the hotel where she spent the night before last, and I find that she left there at two o'clock and left word that she would send for her luggage. She didn't arrive at her aunt's, and the luggage is still uncalled for." [Illustration: QUEST FIGHTS HIS WAY TO THE GIRL HE LOVES.] [Illustration: AS THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINED THE CELLAR'S HISTORY TO QUEST, THE STONE CROSS CLOSED ON THE FRIGHTENED SERVANT.] The Inspector was at first only politely interested. It probably occurred to him that young ladies have been known before now to disappear from their guardians for a few hours without serious results. |