\! thev planned, so did this
pair of rogues work out their plot
'''.V*meeting with the H.fatt.at^ ruhan
a matter only too easil> mi. um
*. | within thirtv nilnutes the S.i- j
v.*. ??? i>?>'"??>>'>"? ???"
Me Thirtv minutes later, tl.e coi^
quest or Romero was an accomplished
fai f and he was in ' lose confabula-.
.m' with the reputed Alanian police
chief and his enchanting
lie was aide Immediately to she
valuable information
The. brooch, he said. h?had pur
chased from an frteml .^''^ado
jeweler, whose shop faced Mb* i au
t'orte-/. had told him thai he had lent
n 1-u ce sum of money on the piect that
Til. |..r.?i. ?
offered it as a pledge was a man > <
such common casie and mean ?lh|"
ai.ee that Cortex, had
hid be?n an innocent pattj to a then
! v becoming a receiver ofHtoeugoohv
Therefore, he bad caused one of hi
clerks to follow the man when h. .eft
itie "lion Returning, the <Hrh te
ported that the man had proved to
be a servant to a foreign senor and
Luorita who had taken inartet-s In
the Hotel de la I?rovidetn la that . atne
'"The^onferen.-e was then prolonged
through an excellent dinner at wh eh
Itamon presided as host. "\et me
wine they grew dose friends. ? ap ah.
Romero was permitted to ?a ten
glimpses of the truth behind the story
of the stolen crown jewels.
eventually he proffered a
Tie. idedly." be prefaced, - this ^ung
Reiulenian must be ^t.Mminated
wel' to do these things i .1 a bust
.......no.-. ,a
fatal accident is far preferable to
downright assassination. llax;- vott
ever heard <>f the Sharks Nest
It appeared that his hearers had not.
