“Thanks; I want to have a business talk with you.”

“Anything wrong with the addresses?” he asked softly.

“Nothing serious; but I think it is time to make a few alterations. Two letters have been stopped in the post this week. They were both quite unimportant, and it may have been accidental; but we cannot afford to have any risks. If once the police have begun to suspect any of our addresses, they must be changed immediately.”

“I will come in about that to-morrow. I am not going to talk business with you to-night; you look tired.”

“I am not tired.”

“Then you are depressed again.”

“Oh, no; not particularly.”

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CHAPTER II.

“Is the mistress in, Katie?”