8/15 Since he left no word has been heard of him. The papers, even, have been making capital of his disappearance." "It is the most extraordinary thing I ever heard in my life," Horlock declared, a little irritably. "Why, I've spent hours of my time trying to get this matter through." "Dealing seriously with Palliser, thinking that he represented me in this matter ?" "Without a doubt." "Will you lend me the letters ?" Tallente asked. My secretary wrote twice to Palliser last week and received no reply. That is why I sent you a telegram." "I was on my way to see you, anyway," Tallente observed. |