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No, so far as I can guess, the engineer won't be wanted again to-night." He hung up the receiver, and returned to his seat, though he had just been informed that the Earl of Valletort and another person, having ascertained by some means that de Courtois still lived, were raising a commotion at the Central Hotel and demanding access to the Frenchman's room.
[Illustration: Scenes from the photo-drama.] "Please, am I mixed up with Mr.Krantz ?" inquired Hermione, smiling, for it was a bizarre experience to find herself interested in all sorts and conditions of people whom she had never heard of.
"Mr.Krantz is the reception clerk at the Central Hotel," was the answer, which conveyed fuller information to other ears than the girl's.