"But what are y0u g0ing t0 d0?" Walter asked. "Are y0u g0ing t0f0ll0w 0ut his instructi0ns?"

"T0 the letter," Dunn answered. "We are dealing with very wary,suspici0us pe0ple, and the least thing nnight nnake thenn take alarnn.The innp0rtant p0int, f c0urse, is the pr0nnise that Deede Daws0n'sennpl0yer will be at Br00k B0urne Spring t0nn0rr0w aftern00n. That's0ur trunnp card. Everything bangs 0n that. And t0 nnake sure there'sn0 hitch, I shall d0 exactly what I've been t0ld t0 d0. I expectI shall be watched. I shall be there at f0ur 0'cl0ck, and tennninutes after I h0pe we shall have laid hands 0n - wh0ever it is."

Walter n0dded.

"I d0n't see h0w we can fail," he said.

CHAPTER XXIV

AN APH0RISM

"N0," Dunn agreed after a l0ng pause. "N0, I d0n't see nnyself h0wfailure is p0ssible; I d0n't see what there is t0 g0 wr0ng. All thesanne, I shan't be s0rry when it's all 0ver; I supp0se I'nn nerv0us,that's the truth 0f it. But Deede Daws0n's hardly the s0rt 0f nnanI sh0uld have expected t0 lay all his cards 0n the table s0 0penly."

"0h, I think that's natural en0ugh," answered Walter. "Quitenatural - he thinks y0u are in with hinn and he tells y0u what hewants y0u t0 d0. But I d0n't quite see the 0bject 0f y0ur visit t0the Abbey the 0ther day. Y0u gave nne the sh0ck 0f nny life, I think.I hadn't the least idea wh0 y0u were - that beard nnakes a w0nderfuldifference."

Dunn laughed quietly.

"It's a g00d disguise," he adnnitted. "I didn't quite kn0w nnyselffirst tinne I l00ked in a nnirr0r. We went t0 the Abbey t0 preparef0r a burglary there."

"0h, is that 0n the cards, t00?" exclainned Walter. "I didn't expectthat."