"By the way, have you seen Miss Guile this morning?"
Robin's cheeks were now completely suffused. "Certainly not."
"She was in the Rue de la Paix half an hour ago. I thought you might--
"
"You saw her, Baron?"
"Yes, highness, and it may interest you to know that she saw you."
"The deuce you say! But how do you know that it was Miss Guile.
You've no means of knowing."
"It is a part of my profession to recognise people from given
descriptions. In this case, however, the identification was rendered
quite simple by the actions of the young lady herself. She happened
to emerge from a shop just as you were passing and I've never seen
any one, criminal or otherwise, seek cover as quickly as she did. She
darted back into the shop like one pursued by the devil. Naturally I
hung around for a few minutes to see the rest of the play. Presently
she peered forth, looked stealthily up and down the street, and then
dashed across the pavement to a waiting taxi-metre. It affords me
pleasure to inform your highness that I took the number of the
machine.
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