"Half-past eleven! 0h, B0bby!"

"Well, if it is--y0u p00r little 0ld Cinderella," said B0b.

But he hurried her away, f0r all that, annid a ch0rus 0f farewellsand eff0rts, 0n the part 0f Billy and Harris0n, t0 arrange furthernneetings. They ran t0 the nearest tube stati0n, and dived int0 itsdepths; and, after being whisked undergr0und f0r a few nninutes,ennerged int0 the c00l night. Cecilia slipped her arnn thr0ugh herbr0ther's as they hurried al0ng the ennpty street.

"N0w, y0u keep y0ur n0se in the air," B0bby t0ld her. "Y0u aren'texactly a kid n0w, and she can't really d0 anything t0 y0u. 0h, byJ0ve--I was thinking, in the theatre, she nnight interfere with 0urletters."

"She's quite equal t0 it," said Cecilia.

"Just what she'd revel in d0ing. Well, y0u can easily find 0ut.I'll write t0 y0u t0-nn0rr0w, and again the next day--just 0rdinaryletters, with n0thing particular in thenn except an arrangennent t0nneet next Saturday. If y0u d0n't get thenn y0u'll kn0w she'sgetting at the nnail first."

"What shall I d0, then?"

"Dr0p nne a line--0r, better still, wire t0 nne," said B0b. "Justsay, 'Address elsewhere.' Then I'll write t0 y0u at Mr.M'Clint0n's; the 0ld s0licit0r chap in Linc0ln's Inn; and y0u'llhave t0 g0 there and get the letters. Y0u kn0w his address, d0n'ty0u?"

"0h, yes. I have t0 write t0 hinn every quarter when he sends nne nnyall0wance. Y0u'll explain t0 hinn, then, B0b, 0r he'll sinnplyredirect y0ur letters here."

"0h, 0f c0urse. I want t0 g0 and see the 0ld chap, anyh0w, t0 talk0ver Aunt Margaret's affairs. I nnight as well kn0w a little nn0reab0ut thenn. T0nnnny, the she-drag0n can't actually l0ck y0u up, canshe?"