18/53 I hadn't the faintest idea--Well, she was the one person about whom I had no doubts at all! I actually left the letter unread for a few minutes (the envelope was in your handwriting, you know)--because I had to think over what I had to do next. The police had got me turned away from a builder's yard--" Jack emitted a small sound. He was staring at Frank with all his eyes. "Well, when I read it, I simply couldn't think any more at all for a time. The girl we were traveling with--she had picked up with the man I had got into trouble over, you know--the girl was calling me to dinner, she told me afterwards. |