Chapter 16
MARKED MEN"Captain Durnford?" I inquired of the hall-porter of the club
next morning.
"Not here, sir."
"But he slept here last night," I remarked. "I have an
appointment with him."
The man consulted the big book before him, and answered:
"Captain Durnford went out at 9:27 last night, sir, but has not
returned."
Strange, I thought, but although I waited in the club nearly an
hour, he did not put in an appearance. I called again at noon, and
he had not come in, and again at two o'clock, but he had not even
then made his appearance. Then I began to be anxious. I returned to
the hotel, resolved to wait for a few hours longer. He might have
altered his mind and gone to Eastbourne in search of Muriel; yet,
had he done so, he would surely have telegraphed to me.
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