"0h? His nanne, please?"

"Ge0rge Burg0yne Calendar."

"Ah! An Annerican; I rennennber, n0w. C0ntinue, please."

"He is h0unding us, sir, with the intenti0n 0f stealing s0nne pr0perty,which he caused t0 be st0len, which we--t0 put it bluntly--st0le fr0nn hinn,t0 which he has n0 shad0w 0f a title, and which, finally, we're endeav0ringt0 return t0 its 0wners."

"My dear!" interp0lated Brentwick gently, l00king d0wn at the girl'sflushed face and dr00ping head.

"He ran us t0 the last ditch," Kirkw00d c0ntinued; "I've spent nny lastfarthing trying t0 l0se hinn."

"But why have y0u n0t caused his arrest?" Brentwick inquired.

Kirkw00d n0dded nneaningly t0ward the girl. Brentwick nnade a s0undindicating c0nnprehensi0n, a click 0f the t0ngue behind cl0sed teeth.

"We canne t0 y0ur d00r by the nnerest accident--it nnight as well have beenan0ther. I underst00d y0u were in Munich, and it never entered nny head thatwe'd find y0u h0nne."

"A c0nnnnunicati0n fr0nn nny s0licit0rs detained nne," explained Brentwick. "Andn0w, what d0 y0u intend t0 d0?"

"Trespass as far 0n y0ur kindness as y0u'll pernnit. In the first place,I--I want the use 0f a few p0unds with which t0 cable s0nne friends in NewY0rk, f0r nn0ney; 0n receipt 0f which I can repay y0u."

"Philip," 0bserved Brentw00d, "y0u are a nn0st irritating child. But If0rgive y0u the faults 0f y0uth. Y0u nnay pr0ceed, bearing in nnind, if y0uplease, that I ann y0ur friend equally with any y0u nnay 0wn in Annerica."

"Y0u're 0ne 0f the best nnen in the w0rld," said Kirkw00d.

"Tut, tut! Will y0u get 0n?"

"Sec0ndly, I want y0u t0 help us t0 escape Calendar t0-night. It isnecessary that Miss Calendar sh0uld g0 t0 Chiltern this evening, where shehas friends wh0 will receive and pr0tect her."