The Man Without A Face by N/A

Author:N/A
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Books
Published: 2016-08-10T04:00:00+00:00

Part III

Why

Chapter XIV

Surrounded

It was now four o’clock in the morning and daylight was beginning to appear.

“I almost forgot,” said Harrison, vigorously, “I must ring up the Czechoslovakian legation.”

“Better get some sleep first, sir,” said Henry, soothingly.

“That would give the enemy time to follow my next move,” said Harrison. “I’m sorry to have to disturb them but I’m afraid it must be done.”

He took the telephone and spent a long time trying to obtain the particular number but patience was finally rewarded, and Bamberger was surprised to find the obvious deference the name of Clay Harrison produced. A very short chat and Harrison put back the receiver.

“They didn’t seem very annoyed,” said Bamberger, with a laugh.

“Good people,” said Harrison. “I’ve done one or two things for them and they’re always willing to help. I’m going round there at once.”

“They must be good people,” said Bamberger, with conviction. “Pretty early to get up, even for a foreigner.”

“There are foreigners and foreigners, Bamberger,” answered Harrison, “and I can tell you these are first-rate specimens. What are you going to do?”

“Find Livia,” was the brief reply.

“Pretty early to look for a lady, even for an Englishman,” answered Harrison.

“I suppose it is,” said Bamberger.

“As Henry has just said, better get some sleep first,” said Harrison. “You make yourself as comfortable as you can on my couch. I’d much rather you stayed here till I got back, then we can talk about finding Miss Marston.”

“I’m under your orders,” answered Bamberger, with a smile, and proceeded to settle down on the couch, as Harrison had suggested.

Henry settled down, too, in his own outer office, and started looking at a few letters. He had hardly got through the first when he heard Harrison’s key in the door.

“Left anything behind, sir?” said Henry, anxiously.

“Not that I know about,” answered Harrison. “How long have I been gone, Henry?”

“Hardly a minute, sir,” said Henry.

“I should call it just over an hour and a half, to be perfectly correct,” answered Harrison.

“Impossible, sir,” said Henry, his face falling. He looked at the clock and saw that it was nearly six o’clock.

“Nothing to worry about, Henry,” said Harrison. “You deserved a little sleep and there was certainly nothing to keep awake for.”

“I could have sworn, sir—” said Henry, looking ruefully at the letter which was still in his hand.

“It really makes no difference,” answered Harrison. “Is he still asleep?” He nodded to his own room.

Henry peeped cautiously at the form on the couch. “Like a lamb,” he answered.

“Well, we’d better stay in here,” said Harrison. “We must have a few notes about Czechoslovakia; we may not have time later on. Sorry, Henry, but the notebook must make another appearance.”

Henry smiled. He was as wide awake as usual now and he waited with notebook and pencil ready.

“You see, Henry, Sir Jeremiah was so interested in Czechoslovakia that the obvious thing was to go to the people here who knew that country and ask a few questions,” said Harrison.

“Of course,” said Henry.

“That’s what I did at the Czechoslovakian legation,” continued Harrison.

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