her side.

"Tell me," she asked, "what are you going to do now?"

"I am going to do what I ought to have done before," Bellamy answered.
"Laverick's connection with this affair is suspicious enough, but
after all he is a sportsman and an Englishman. I am going to tell
him what that envelope contains - tell him the truth."

"You are right!" she exclaimed. "Whatever he may have done, if you
tell him the truth he will give you that document. I am sure of it.
Do you know where to find him?"

"I shall go to his rooms," Bellamy declared. "I must be quick, too,
for Lassen is free - they will know that he has failed."

"Come back to me, David," she begged, and he kissed her fingers and
hurried out.




CHAPTER XXX

THE CONTEST FOR THE PAPERS

Laverick, sitting with Zoe at dinner, caught his companion looking
around the restaurant with an expression in her face which he did
not wholly understand.