Not avery intelligent Chinese, Tarneverro thought,
wondering vaguely what thisvisit presaged. He was silent for a moment, his mind
racing like an engine.
I can not quite determine, and itis necessary that
I know. I can see him only dimly, but I recognize him. The town was waking to
another leisurely day. Myerrand on the floor below was with Li Gung, as I said it
was.
Not such an impressive stage-setting ashis studio
in Los Angeles, but it would have to serve. The littleblack eyes snapped with
admiration. She cabled Tarneverro the day after Jaynes proposed.
He had stopped ata florists and bought an
extravagant cluster of orchids. Tupper-Brock mentioned that Eve Durand was in this
city, employed in theKirk Building. The Britisher turned back to Shelah Fane.
Please, Chan said, permit me the luxury of at last beginning to meanwhat I say.
Youll be some time in Honolulu, Miss Fane?
Were just beyond theGrand Hotel, on Kalakaua
Avenue.
Glad to know you, remarked the Britisher. Chinese
arepsychic people, and I have sensed it.
Bradshaw, of the TouristBureau, she
explained.
All of which explains his eagerness to make
hisheadquarters with you, Mr.
He would have won, if he had lived, Chan
remarked.
I am Tarneverro, answered the other
bruskly.
What a relief to be out of the South
Seas.
I can see him only dimly, but I recognize him. But
youve five days for that, Kirk protested.
Thatsort of thing makes us very happy at the
Tourist Bureau. You must help me again, as you have helped me sooften in the past.
Was thatplaying the game, Colonel Beetham?
As I stood there listening to you, a psychic wave
sweptover me. Ill talk to them, said the star firmly, and followed the maid into
hersuite.
I shouldnt have cared if wehad just sailed on and
on. Well, Ive been through the records hastily, he went on. The illusions of youth,
the star shrugged. She heard a familiar step on the deck behind her and turned. Im
the door-mat on thethreshold of Hawaii, with welcome written all over me. Have you
heard anything from Charlie Chan?
Was thatplaying the game, Colonel Beetham? He was
silent for a moment, his mind racing like an engine.
The guest who lingers too long deteriorates
likeunused fish. Julie was young, impetuous, unspoiled; her joy wasgenuine.