Chapter 51

"You will spend more," said The Ringer cheerfully. "As soon as your clothes arrive you will pack them, take a taxi and drive to the _Ritz-Carlton_. I've already reserved your room in advance. When you get there you will write to your lawyer, Mr. Stenning--Stenning and Stenning, isn't it? "You will say that you have arrived, and you'll be glad if he will come to dinner one night. He won't come, because he's one of those old gentlemen who never go out. I have written to him already." "You've written to him?" said the…