Chapter 14

We watched him as he ascended some steps a few yards to our left, and turned with his companion towards the Casino. He looked, as Jack had said, a charming man--just a typical French aristocrat carrying himself with the assured ease of a man of the _haute monde_ in Monte Carlo during the height of the season. The girl with him was laughing at some remark he had just made; he was bending towards her with just the right amount of deference. And after a few moments they both disappeared into the Casino. Jim thoughtful…