14/16 From where I stood I could see into the drawer, and there were many little things such as tourists buy in China. From the envelope he took the _Hong_." Tarling started. He knew of the _Hong_ to which the man referred. It was the little red slip of paper bearing the Chinese characters which was found upon Thornton Lyne's body that memorable morning in Hyde Park. "What happened then ?" "He put the envelope in his pocket and went out. |