As she opened the door she saw Harvey Maxwell and the guard coming down the corridor toward her. Retreat was out of the question.
“There she is now!” said the guard, accusingly. “She told me you wanted me in the office.”
Harvey Maxwell walked angrily toward Penny.
“What was the big idea?” he began, only to stop short. “Oh, so it’s you? My dear little girl, I am very much afraid, you have over-played your hand this time!”
CHAPTER
24
HENRI’S SALON
Penny sought to push past the two men, but Harvey Maxwell caught her roughly by the arm.
“Unfortunately, my dear Miss Parker, you have observed certain things which you may not understand,” he said. “Lest you misinterpret them, and are inclined to run to your father with fantastic tales, you must be detained here. Now I have a great distaste for violence. I trust it will not be necessary to use force now.”
“Let me go,” Penny cried, trying to jerk away.
“Take her, Frank,” instructed the hotel man. “For the time being put her in the tunnel room. I’ll be down as soon as I talk with Ralph.”
Before Penny could scream, a hand was clapped over her mouth. The guard, Frank, held her in a firm grip from which she could not free herself.