“All right,” he said, as he started to leave. “When Mr. Loria returns you can tell him I called.”
This permission went far to allay the janitor’s fears that he had been indiscreet; for Carr Loria was not a man who brooked interference with his affairs or belongings.
XXIV
CONFESSION
Carr Loria was at Heluan when he received Pauline’s telegram. For a few moments he studied it, and then going to a hotel office, he possessed himself of a telegram blank which he proceeded to write on, by the use of a type-writer near-by.
With a preoccupied look on his face, as if thinking deeply, he called Ahri and gave him a long and careful list of directions.
And it was in pursuance of these directions that the Arab presented himself at Shepheard’s at ten o’clock in the morning and asked for Miss Stuart.
“What is it, Ahri?” asked Pauline, as she received the dragoman in her sitting room.
“Miss Stoort,” and the Arab was deeply respectful, “Mr. Loria begs that you go with me to Sakkara to visit the Pyramids and Necropolis.”
“Now?” said Pauline, in surprise.
“Yes, my lady. Mr. Loria will himself meet you at the station. Will you start at once, please?”