The place suddenly seemed to her like part of a nightmare.
And then all was clear again.

Fortune was on her side.

The secret of Guy's disappearance was in this room, and a few careless words from the girl at the next table had told her more than an entire police system had been able to discover.

But why the mystery?
What was she to say to the man when he came?
The girl from Vienna was talking to some friends and toying carelessly with a little morsel of lace which she had drawn from her bosom.

Phyllis watched it with the eyes of a cat.