CHAPTER 3
Miss Gillette arrived an hour late, which was not very remarkable. She had not seen the advertisements, so Mr Reeder had nothing to explain. Her interest in his affairs had apparently waned completely.
At 12 o’clock she came into his room and announced that she had a luncheon engagement, and might not be back till three. He was not very sorry. He rather wished she would not come back till three o’clock on some date to be named by himself, and he wished that he had the courage to tell her so.
There was no response to his advertisement, and he regretted that his telephone number had not been included in his address.
Miss Gillette had hardly left before the first of Mr Reeder’s visitors came. Inspector Gaylor was curious to know what had been the result of the visit to Brixton P
