The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 114: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 105 clerk, glancing toward the key-rack, and finding the one belonging to his room missing. “Certainly.” Upon a card, with ink, I write my name, and underneath the words: . “Desire to see you with reference to the Reilly affair.” Then handing it to the clerk, I say: “Send that up to Mr. Trevellion, please.” I have no doubt he will see me, for just at present he is deeply interested in the matter I have men- tioned. As heis a young man I have some hopes of his helping me. Still, it is a tosS up as ‘to whether he will be will- ing to do it, for fear of getting into a scrape of some kind, such as will compel him to appear in court. I hope for the best. If he agrees to aid me, Robert can be saved, I am certain. Should he refuse, I must change my. plans, that is all. While waiting, Sergeant Billings chances to pass near me, and I call him over to tell him of my dis- covery. He is pleased to know Lord Arthur is under the same roof, and puts me up to a nice little wrinkle, which repays me for telling him the facts. If the young Englishman will help me, I promise to do my best to assist Billings in his endeavor to get the papers from the girl. She is his wife until the English courts have annulled the marriage, and hence cannot be openly prosecuted. Now that she has deliberately married Robert, she can be indicted for bigamy, though I doubt whether a jury of men will ever convict her—if we could have women on _ the panel, her punishment would come swiftly. Comicboo s (ex @)