Evening star., 1925-02-28
Continued from Yesterdays star.)

Entirely, entirely" Piggy waved
a large, fat hand with a pencil in it.
But to get back to Ember. What
did you ask him."
Well, I said 1 had known one or
two Molloys, and asked whether Miss
Molloy was the cricketers daughter.
Ember was quite forthcoming
rather too forthcoming, / thought.
Said he'd met Molloy in the States,
and that he was a queer card, but
good company. Explained how sur
prfsed he was when he ran into him
at EictN Ia Station after not seeing
him for years. Then, quite casually
and naturally, gave me to understand
that Molloy had put him up for
couple of nights. He really did IT
very well. Said the daughter was
nice little thing, just from school;
that he thought she would suit Lady
Heritage, and how grateful Molloy
was, as he was just off to the States
and didn't know what to do with the
girl. The impression l got was that
he was taking no chances-not leav-
Ing anything for me to find out after
ward Henry hesitated for a mo-
ment and then said: The thing that
struck me most was this: ] didn't
ask to interview Miss Molloy because
more dangerous than it already is;
that is to say, I assumed that there
was danger, which really means as
Stunning a criminal conspiracy. Now,
IL there were no danger and no crimi-
nal conspiracy, why on earth did
every one make it so easy for me not
to intefyiew Miss Molloy? 1t seems
little thing. but it struck met
struck me awfully, sir You see, l
took a roll-call Of the employees first
and checked them by the official list.
Then / went down to the stables with
Sir William and we went through all
the outdoor servants. And l finished
up in Sir Williams study, where l
saw the domestic staff and Mr.. EN-
Der. From first to last, no one sug-
gested that l should see Miss Molloy.
In the end 1 thought 1t would be too
marked not to bring her in at all, so
said to Lady Heritage, What about
your secretary? And she said, Why,
she's only just come. You don't need
to see her l got nervous and left ii
at that. 1 think now that 1 ought to
have seen her, with Lady Heritage
and Ember in the room. Then they
couldn't have suspected her of telling
me anything"
Piggy looked up from his cats and
looked down again. Very carefully
he gave each cat fourth whisker on
the left-hand side. Then he fixed his
small, light eyes on Henry and said:
'"They?"
At $40 o'clock that evening Sir
Julian marked place in his book
with a massive thumb, glanced across
the domestic hearth at his wife and
observed:
M dear"
Lady LIE Mesurier raised her charm
ing blue eyes from the child's frock
which she was embroidering.
'I have news to break to you
news concerning the lad Henry. Pre-
pare for a shock. He is anothers
You have lost him. my poor Isobel"
II never had him." said Isobel pla-
cidly.
His mamma thought you had
She did her very best to warn me.
rather think she considered that your
young affections were also entangled.
said to her solemnly, My dear Mrs.
March, beg your pardon-my dear
Mrs de Luttrelle March-of course
he is in love with Isobel. 1 expect
young men to be in love with her. l
am in love with her myself"
/ Piggy, you didn't"
NO, m'dear, but l should have liked
to- She is so very large and pink
that the temptation to say it and to
watch the pink turn puce was almost
more than l could resist. But you
have interrupted me. I was about to
break to you a portentous fact. Our
Henry is in love"
"Oh, Piggy" said Isobel.
Yes" continued Henry's chief,
Henry is undoubtedly for it. An
other lost soul! It's always these
promising lads that are snatched by
the predatory sex"
Piggy, we're not
"Mdear, you are. It's automatic,
beyond cavil or argument. Like the
python in the natural history books,
you fascinate us first and then engulf
u.s."
Isobel allowed a feeting smile to
lift the corners of her very pretty
mouth.
"Oh, Piggy, what a mouthful you
would be-" she murmured.
Henry, pursued Sir Julian, Henry