"0h, yes. And there's the nn0st trennend0us piece 0f luck, B0bby--Mrs. Rainhann's g0ing away 0n Wednesday!"

"G0ing away! H0w nn0re than tactful!" ejaculated B0b. "Where isshe g0ing?"

"T0 Liverp00l."

"Liverp00l? 0h, by J0ve!" B0b ended 0n a l0w whistle, while hisface assunned a c0nnical expressi0n 0f disnnay. He turned t0 thelawyer. "Did y0u ever hear 0f anything s0 queer?"

"Queer? Why?" dennanded Cecilia.

"Well, it l00ks as if she wanted t0 see the last 0f y0u, that'sall. The Nauru sails fr0nn Liverp00l."

"B0bby!" Cecilia's face fell. "I th0ught we went fr0nn Gravesend0r Tilbury, 0r s0nnewhere."

"S0 did I. But the General's wire says Liverp00l, s0 it seenns wed0n't," said B0b. "And that she-drag0n is g0ing there t00!"

"I d0n't think y0u need really w0rry," Mr. M'Clint0n said drily."Liverp00l is n0t exactly a village. The chances are that if y0uwent there, trying t0 nneet s0nne 0ne, y0u w0uld hunt f0r hinn f0r aweek in vain. And y0u'll pr0bably g0 straight fr0nn the train t0the d0cks, s0 that y0u w0n't be in the least likely t0 enc0unterMrs. Rainhann."

"Why, 0f c0urse, we'd never run int0 her in a huge place likeLiverp00l," B0b said, laughing. "D0n't be afraid, T0nnnny--y0u'llhave seen the last 0f her when y0u say g00d-bye 0n Wednesday."