Nevertheless Nella replied
enthusiastically, 'Nor I.'
Then there was a silence, and Nella, feeling possibly that she had
been too ecstatic, remarked in a very matter-of-fact tone: 'I must
telegraph to Papa instantly.'
Thus it was that Theodore Racksole received the telegram which
drew him away from Detective Marshall.
Chapter Sixteen THE WOMAN WITH THE RED HAT
'THERE is one thing, Prince, that we have just got to settle straight
off,'
said Theodore Racksole.
They were all three seated - Racksole, his daughter, and Prince
Aribert - round a dinner table in a private room at the H?tel
Wellington. Racksole had duly arrived by the afternoon boat, and
had been met on the quay by the other two. They had dined early,
and Racksole had heard the full story of the adventures by sea and
land of Nella and the Prince. As to his own adventure of the
previous night he said very little, merely explaining, with as little
detail as possible, that Dimmock's body had come to light.
'What is that?' asked the Prince, in answer to Racksole's remark.
'We have got to settle whether we shall tell the police at once all
that has occurred, or whether we shall proceed on our own
responsibility. There can be no doubt as to which course we ought
to pursue. Every consideration of prudence points to the
advisability of taking the police into our confidence, and leaving
the matter entirely in their hands.
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