No. IV.-- THE CASE OF THE MISSING LADY
THE buzzer on Mr. Blunt's desk (Detective and Skilled Inquiry Agency-- Manager, Theodore Blunt) uttered its warning call. Tommy and Tuppence both flew to their respective peepholes, which commanded a view of the outer office. There it was Albert's business to delay the prospective client with various artistic devices.
“I will see, Sir," he was saying. But I'm afraid Mr. Blunt is very busy just at present. He is engaged with Scotland Yard on the phone just now."
“I'll wait," said the visitor. “I haven't got a card with me, but my name is Gabriel Stavansson."
The client was a magnificent specimen of manhood, standing over six feet high. His face was bronzed and weather-beaten, and the extraordinary blue of his eyes made an almost startling contrast
