nine o'clock May
There ought to be a man on a motor cycle always waiting about the Savoy to follow her wherever she goes . '' They parted at the entrance of the bureau , Saul Arthur Mann returning to telephone the necessary instructions . How necessary they were was proved that very night . At nine o'clock May was sitting down to a solitary dinner when a telegram was delivered to her . It was from the chief of the little mission in which she had been interested , and ran : Very urgent . Have something of the greatest importance to tell you . It was signed with the name of the matron of the mission , and , leaving her dinner untouched , May only delayed long enough to change her dress before she was speeding in a taxi eastward .