Charles Stewart smiled a little sadly—then shook him by the hand again. “I’m jolly glad,” he exclaimed, “that old Thibaut Girardier picked the right screen in which to hide them.” “So am I,” responded Mr. Bathurst. The End TRANSCRIBER NOTES This transcription follows the text of the second printing of the US edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in February, 1929. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text: * “Lawrence” has been corrected to “Laurence” (Chapter I); * “propertly” has been corrected to “property” (Chapter I); * an omitted em dash has been restored (Chapter V); * “_vis-a-vis_” has been corrected to “_vis-à-vis_” (Chapter VIII); * “mènage” has been corrected to “ménage” (Chapter XVI); * two missing quotation marks have been restored (Chapters XIX & XX).