Four
They certainly knew their business. They kept on my tail, without being obvious about it, all the way uptown, then north until I’d reached the hotel. I pulled in there, and as I turned the car over to an attendant, I saw that they had driven into the parking lot across the street. They were going to wait for me.
On the way in, I stopped at the desk. There was a message that Mr. Raymond had phoned from New York. Mr. Raymond could wait. I had intended to call him tomorrow morning and that’s when I would do so. I went upstairs. It wasn’t quite four o’clock, so I decided to rest for an hour. I took off my shoes and jacket and stretched out on the bed. I reached for the phone and asked the operator to call me at five o’clock. Then I went to sleep.
I was awakened by the sound of the phon
