He began to fumble with extraordinary intensity in the pocket of his dinner jacket for his cigarette case. He could feel it, but his fingers seemed all thumbs. He got it out and it slipped through his fingers on to the table. His hands were shaking.
CHAPTER VI
I
A draper occupied the premises opposite Fortune, East and Sabre's. On the following afternoon, just before five o'clock, Sabre saw Nona alight from her car and go into the draper's. He put on his hat and coat and descended into the street. As he crossed the road she came out.
"Hullo, Marko!"
"Hullo. Well, there's evidently one woman in the world who can get out of a draper's in under an hour. You haven't been in a minute."
"Did you see me go in? As a matter of fact I didn't want anything. As a matter of fact, I was making up my mind—"
"Whether to come in and see me?"
She nodded.
"What about having some tea somewhere?"