Leon bowed and smiled.

"Mademoiselle is in one of the smaller rooms," he said. "Will
monsieur follow me?"

"Why, certainly," I answered.




CHAPTER VII

A DOUBLE ASSIGNATION


I followed Leon upstairs to the region of smaller apartments. At the
door of one of these he knocked, and a feminine voice at once bade us
enter.

Mademoiselle was sitting upon a lounge, smoking a cigarette. On the
table before her stood an empty coffee-cup and an empty
liqueur-glass. She looked at me with a little grimace.

"At last!" she exclaimed.

"It is the gentleman whom mademoiselle was expecting?" Leon asked
discreetly.

"Certainly," she answered. "You may go, Leon."