CHAPTER V.
IN CORRIDOR AND IN ROOM Three quarters of an hour later Mr.Ransom and Gerridge stood in close conference before the last mentioned hotel.

The former was peremptory in what he had to say.
"I haven't a particle of confidence in this newspaper story," he declared.

"I haven't much confidence in her letter.

It is this man who is working us.

He has a hold on her and has given her this cock and bull story to tell.