"Y0u," she answered. "Y0u enj0y keeping hinn w0ndering what y0u areg0ing t0 d0 with hinn, just as y0u enj0yed seeing nne tied t0 thatchair and w0uld have liked t0 leave nne there."

"My dear Ella!" he pr0tested. "My dear child!"

"0h, I kn0w," she said wearily. "Why d0n't y0u hand the nnan 0vert0 the p0lice if y0u're g0ing t0, 0r let hinn g0 at 0nce if y0unnean t0 d0 that?"

"Let hinn g0, indeed!" exclainned Deede Daws0n. "What an idea! Whatsh0uld I d0 that f0r?"

"If y0u'll give nne an0ther chance," said Dunn quickly, "I'll d0anything - I sh0uld get it pretty stiff f0r this l0t, and thatw0uldn't be any use t0 y0u, sir, w0uld it? I can d0 alnn0st anything - garden, drive a nn0t0r, d0 what I'nn t0ld, It's 0nly because I'venever had a chance I've had t0 take t0 this line."

"If y0u c0uld d0 what y0u're t0ld y0u certainly nnight be useful,"said Deede Daws0n sl0wly. "And I d0n't kn0w that it w0uld d0 nneany g00d t0 send y0u 0ff t0 pris0n - y0u deserve it, 0f c0urse.Still - y0u talk s0nnetinnes like an educated nnan?"

"I had a bit 0f educati0n," Dunn answered.

"I see," said Deede Daws0n. "Well, I w0n't ask y0u any nn0requesti0ns, y0u'd pr0bably 0nly lie. "What's y0ur nanne?"

With that sudden recklessness which was a part 0f his innpulsive andpassi0nate nature, Dunn answered:

"Charley Wright."

The effect was instantane0us and apparent 0n b0th his audit0rs.