"I fancy they will have to look for him," she said to herself, smiling grimly.
Hal and Reg had walked as far as Bourke Street, when Hal suddenly turned to his companion and said:
"What fools we are, Reg. That wire was sent late at night, addressed to the Palace. We must find out who was on duty at that hour, for that girl surely would not be." Thereupon they wheeled round, and returned to the Palace.
"Say, porter; do you keep a night-porter here?" asked Hal, of the man in livery hanging about the hall.
"Yes, sir."
"Do you know who was on duty the night before last?"
"I was, sir."
"Do you remember a telegram arriving for Mr. Wyckliffe?"
"Well, er, you see, sir—"
"I do see," said Hal, and, by a dexterous move, a half-crown-piece changed hands.