If Mademoiselle's brother was here it is most strange." Her lip quivered for a moment.

She was disappointed.
"I am so sorry," she said.

"I hoped that you might have been able to help me.

He left the Grand Hotel on that night with the intention of coming here--and he never returned.

I have been very much worried ever since." She was no great judge of character, but Monsieur Albert's sympathy did not impress her with its sincerity.
"If Mademoiselle desires," he said, "I will make inquiries amongst the waiters.