CHAPTER XXXI

The Cardinal’s Garden § I “Who’s there?” cried Peter Champion. A door at one end of the long room opened. Police Captain Daly came in. “Hell!” said Peter Champion, and glanced apologetically in the direction of the only woman present. She smiled forgiveness. Everybody was clewed up to tensest pitch, and Molly O’Hay understood. The niece of Deputy Commissioner Burke could readily excuse a harsh phrase from an excited man. “No news,” Daly reported. Dr. Stopford removed his monocle an…