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The Perfect Plan
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week I might come, so keep my bag' Scarsdale then walked to the if it's arrived I told Scarsdale to Junction, booked a third-single to send it. I'm at Paddington, -Paddington, and caught the 1 p.m. just about to catch the 9.15 home-
train: At Paddington he did yes, I've just come from the studio, several things... First he went to-were you listening?... Yes, yes the local, booking-office and bought.... Good-bye, then..
a third-single ticket to Ealing. Then Scarsdale went to the book Then he had a meal, and about 8ing office and bought a first-class p.m., took a bus to the Bank, whence single ticket to Lincott.
Fassing The walked to the Anglo-Oceanic the barrier, he even risked a word
offices in Bishopsgate.
or two with the man who sulpped
There he met several people whom his ticket, and who knew Sir George he knew very well, chatted with very slightly. "Cold night, Sir them affably, and busied himself for George," the 'man said.
Scaradale found an empty first- some time in Sir George's private office. "Yes, Williamson, Sir George class compartment, and, as soon as is in town, but I don't suppose you'll the train moved out, opened the see him here to-day. He's worklog small nondescript attache case up a talk for the wireless to-night which he had carried with him all and eft me the devil's own pile day. With the help of its contenta, of letters to go through, too.” he began to make sundry changes It was quite natural, therefore, in his personal appearance; then, that Scarsdale should still be at taking from his pocket the single work in Sir George's private office ticket to Ealing purchasedler in when Williamson and the rest of the day, he cut out of it a triangu- the staff left. At 6 pm, by which lar section aimilar to that snipped
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"Burned up" because of the mention of her name in the Van- derbilt Whitney scandal suit, Con stance Bennett was angry when she landed in New York from her European vacation, but she Her current managed to smile. husband, "Hank" Falaise, was on the same ship.
ly tenantless, Scarsdale, having pre-Ealing, a alim, clean-shaven fellow viously made fast the door on the in a cloth cap might have been seen inside, turned to a little job he had to leave the train and the station. not cared to tackle before.
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On
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but a few touches of grease-paint. Tuesday he returned early to the a false moustache, and the adjust Towers, collecting his car at Lincott London 1 p.m. Stock & Commodity and val 30th Jan.ment of Sir George's 'particular on the way. "I know Sir George Quotations. type of horn-rimmed spectacles. will expect to find me at work," he
Scarsdale left the cinema about explained to Wilkes. 7.45; about 7.50 he took a taxi to
But dinner-time came and Sir Mr. H. C.. Macnamara. Broadcasting House.
George made no appearance. At 9.55-10.15 p.m.-Light Orch. Music. Neither he nor Sir George had nine Scarsdale decided to have din-Glow Worm Idyll (Lánckej ever broadcast before, and Scarsdale ner himself without further wait-Danse des Apaches (Cutiert Clarko) was quite genuinely interested in ing; but when ten o'clock, came and the experience, In the reception it was clear that Sir George had room he had a pleasant chat with not caught the last train from Ban 6th Dec,
one of the announcera; he found no bury, Scarsdale agreed with Wilkes 2nd Jan. difficulty at all in keeping up the that Richard Winthrop-Dunster had impersonation of Sir George, even better be informed. Five minutes
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West had a rather difficult hearing told the driver "Padding-morning he was able to report: choice of a lead and eventually There he began another "Well, Mr. Scarsdale, we've traced decided to open the deuce of series of operations. First he put Sir George as far as the Lincott spades, which Mr. Malowan_per- through a trunk tall to Richard train on Saturday night-there's a mitted to run to the nine. It is, 29th Nov. Winthrop-Dunster, at Banbury. ticket inspector at Paddington who of course, apparent at this point "That you, Richard?" sang out remembers him. We're not quite that South can readily make nine the high-pitched voice, still func-sure of him at Lincott, but no tricks, as he can count four clubs, tioning. "Sorry, but I'm afraid I doubt he must have been seen there, one heart and at least four won't be able to spend the week-end too.";
spades. However, there was a at your place after all. I've got a Everything, Scarsdale was glad chance for a top-score, and Mr. worrying plecs of business on hand to perceive, was still working out Malowan, suspecting that West at the moment very worrying perfectly according to plan. He held five spades originally, deter can't spare the time.
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