out till this business is over."
"Natty Boy won three to one," said Evan.
"Rotten odds," said Sir George.
"Mostly Regatta news," said Evan, glancing
over the sheet.
The three young women came out from the
screen.
"Not a sign of it," said Janet Rustington.
"You can take it from me she hasn't got it on
her," said Lady Marroway.
Mr. Pointz thought he would be quite ready to
take it from her. There was a grim tone in her
voice and he felt no doubt that the search had been
thorough.
"Say, Eve, you haven't swallowed it?" asked
'i Mr. Leathern anxiously. "Because maybe that
wouldn't be too good for you."
"I'd have seen her do that," said Leo Stein
quietly. "I was watching her. She didn't put any-thing
in her mouth."
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"I couldn't swallow a great thing all points like
that," said Eve. She put her hands on her hips and
looked at Mr. Pointz. "What about it, big boy?"
she asked.
"You stand over there where you are and don't
.move," said that gentleman.
Among them, the men stripped the table and
turned it upside down. Mr. Pointz examined every