as he opened the door. "I think I can promise you that if you will
do me the honor we will sup together to-night."

"You must fetch me from the Opera House," Louise insisted. "It is
a bargain. I have suffered enough neglect at your hands. One thing,
David, - where do you go first from here?"

"To find the man," Bellamy answered gravely, "who was watching Von
Behrling when he left me. If any man in England knows anything of
the murder, it must be he. He should be at my rooms by now."




CHAPTER XIII

STEPHEN LAVERICK'S CONSCIENCE


Stephen Laverick was a bachelor - his friends called him an
incorrigible one. He had a small but pleasantly situated suite of
rooms in Whitehall Court, looking out upon the river. His habits
were almost monotonous in their regularity, and the morning
following his late night in the city was no exception to the
general rule. At eight o'clock, the valet attached to the suite
knocked at his door and informed him that his bath was ready. He
awoke at once from a sound sleep, sat up in bed, and remembered the
events of the preceding evening.

At first he was inclined to doubt that slowly stirring effort of