CHAPTER IX

FRENCH MAKES A SECOND ASSIGNATION ABOUT ten o’clock next day French knocked at the door of No. 27 Nelson Street, and sending in a card inscribed “Mr. Joseph French,” asked if he could see Miss Molly Moran. He sat waiting in the plain, somewhat comfortless sitting-room until after some minutes the girl he had shadowed entered. “Miss Moran?” he asked with his pleasantest smile. “My business will not take long. Will you sit down, please?” She was a prettier girl than he had realised. Rather below middle height, she ha…