“Right,” said Tommy, and replaced the receiver on its hook.
Then he turned to Tuppence.
“That was the Chief. Seems to have got the wind up about us. It appearsthat the parties we’re after have got wise to the fact that I’m not the genu-ine Mr. Theodore Blunt. We’re to expect excitements at any minute. TheChief begs you as a favour to go home and stay at home, and not mix your-self up in it any more. Apparently1 the hornet’s nest we’ve stirred up is big-ger than anyone imagined.”
“All that about my going home is nonsense,” said Tuppence decidedly.
“Who is going to look after you if I go home? Besides, I like excitement.
Business hasn’t been very brisk just lately.”
“Well, one can’t have murders and robberies every day,” said Tommy.
“Be reasonable. Now, my idea is this. When business is slack, we ought todo a certain amount of home exercises every day.”
“Lie on our backs and wave our feet in the air? That sort of thing?”
“Don’t be so literal in your interpretation2. When I say exercises, I meanexercises in the detective art. Reproductions of the great masters. For in-stance—”
From the drawer beside him Tommy took out a formidable dark greeneyeshade, covering both eyes. This he adjusted with some care. Then hedrew a watch from his pocket.
“I broke the glass this morning,” he remarked. “That paved the way forits being the crystalless watch which my sensitive fingers touch so lightly.”
“Be careful,” said Tuppence. “You nearly had the short hand off then.”
“Give me your hand,” said Tommy. He held it, one finger feeling for thepulse. “Ah! the keyboard of silence. This woman has not got heart dis-ease.”
“I suppose,” said Tuppence, “that you are Thornley Colton?”
“Just so,” said Tommy. “The blind Problemist. And you’re thingummy-bob, the black-haired, apple-cheeked secretary—”
“The bundle of baby clothes picked up on the banks of the river,” fin-ished Tuppence.
“And Albert is the Fee, alias3 Shrimp4.”
“We must teach him to say, ‘Gee,’ ” said Tuppence. “And his voice isn’tshrill. It’s dreadfully hoarse5.”
“Against the wall by the door,” said Tommy, “you perceive the slim hol-low cane6 which held in my sensitive hand tells me so much.”
He rose and cannoned7 into a chair.
“Damn!” said Tommy. “I forgot that chair was there.”
“It must be beastly to be blind,” said Tuppence with feeling.
“Rather,” agreed Tommy heartily8. “I’m sorrier for all those poor devilswho lost their eyesight in the war than for anyone else. But they say thatwhen you live in the dark you really do develop special senses. That’swhat I want to try and see if one couldn’t do. It would be jolly handy totrain oneself to be some good in the dark. Now, Tuppence, be a goodSydney Thames. How many steps to that cane?”
Tuppence made a desperate guess.
“Three straight, five left,” she hazarded.
Tommy paced it uncertainly, Tuppence interrupting with a cry of warn-ing as she realised that the fourth step left would take him slap against thewall.
“There’s a lot in this,” said Tuppence. “You’ve no idea how difficult it isto judge how many steps are needed.”
“It’s jolly interesting,” said Tommy. “Call Albert in. I’m going to shakehands with you both, and see if I know which is which.”
“All right,” said Tuppence, “but Albert must wash his hands first.
They’re sure to be sticky from those beastly acid drops he’s always eating.”
Albert, introduced to the game, was full of interest.
Tommy, the handshakes completed, smiled complacently9.
“The keyboard of silence cannot lie,” he murmured. “The first was Al-bert, the second, you, Tuppence.”
“Wrong!” shrieked10 Tuppence. “Keyboard of silence indeed! You went bymy dress ring. And I put that on Albert’s finger.”
Various other experiments were carried out, with indifferent success.
“But it’s coming,” declared Tommy. “One can’t expect to be infalliblestraight away. I tell you what. It’s just lunch time. You and I will go to theBlitz, Tuppence. Blind man and his keeper. Some jolly useful tips to bepicked up there.”
“I say, Tommy, we shall get into trouble.”
“No, we shan’t. I shall behave quite like the little gentleman. But I betyou that by the end of luncheon11 I shall be startling you.”
All protests being thus overborne, a quarter of an hour later sawTommy and Tuppence comfortably ensconced at a corner table in the GoldRoom of the Blitz.
Tommy ran his fingers lightly over the Menu.
“Pilaff de homar and grilled12 chicken for me,” he murmured.
Tuppence also made her selection, and the waiter moved away.
“So far, so good,” said Tommy. “Now for a more ambitious venture.
What beautiful legs that girl in the short skirt has—the one who has justcome in.”
“How was that done, Thorn?”
“Beautiful legs impart a particular vibration13 to the floor, which is re-ceived by my hollow cane. Or, to be honest, in a big restaurant there isnearly always a girl with beautiful legs standing14 in the doorway15 lookingfor her friends, and with short skirts going about, she’d be sure to take ad-vantage of them.”
The meal proceeded.
“The man two tables from us is a very wealthy profiteer, I fancy,” saidTommy carelessly. “Jew, isn’t he?”
“Pretty good,” said Tuppence appreciatively. “I don’t follow that one.”
“I shan’t tell you how it’s done every time. It spoils my show. The headwaiter is serving champagne16 three tables off to the right. A stout17 womanin black is about to pass our table.”
“Tommy, how can you—”
“Aha! You’re beginning to see what I can do. That’s a nice girl in brownjust getting up at the table behind you.”
“Snoo!” said Tuppence. “It’s a young man in grey.”
“Oh!” said Tommy, momentarily disconcerted.
And at that moment two men who had been sitting at a table not faraway, and who had been watching the young pair with keen interest, gotup and came across to the corner table.
“Excuse me,” said the elder of the two, a tall, well-dressed man with aneyeglass, and a small grey moustache. “But you have been pointed18 out tome as Mr. Theodore Blunt. May I ask if that is so?”
Tommy hesitated a minute, feeling somewhat at a disadvantage. Thenhe bowed his head.
“That is so. I am Mr. Blunt!”
“What an unexpected piece of good fortune! Mr. Blunt, I was going tocall at your offices after lunch. I am in trouble—very grave trouble. But—excuse me—you have had some accident to your eyes?”
“My dear sir,” said Tommy in a melancholy19 voice, “I’m blind — com-pletely blind.”
“What?”
“You are astonished. But surely you have heard of blind detectives?”
“In fiction. Never in real life. And I have certainly never heard that youwere blind.”
“Many people are not aware of the fact,” murmured Tommy. “I amwearing an eyeshade today to save my eyeballs from glare. But without it,quite a host of people have never suspected my infirmity—if you call itthat. You see, my eyes cannot mislead me. But, enough of all this. Shall wego at once to my office, or will you give me the facts of the case here? Thelatter would be best, I think.”
A waiter brought up two extra chairs, and the two men sat down. Thesecond man who had not yet spoken, was shorter, sturdy in build, andvery dark.
“It is a matter of great delicacy,” said the older man dropping his voiceconfidentially. He looked uncertainly at Tuppence. Mr. Blunt seemed tofeel the glance.
“Let me introduce my confidential21 secretary,” he said. “Miss Ganges.
Found on the banks of the Indian river—a mere22 bundle of baby clothes.
Very sad history. Miss Ganges is my eyes. She accompanies me every-where.”
The stranger acknowledged the introduction with a bow.
“Then I can speak out. Mr. Blunt, my daughter, a girl of sixteen, hasbeen abducted23 under somewhat peculiar24 circumstances. I discovered thishalf an hour ago. The circumstances of the case were such that I dared notcall in the police. Instead, I rang up your office. They told me you were outto lunch, but would be back by half past two. I came in here with myfriend, Captain Harker—”
The short man jerked his head and muttered something.
“By the greatest good fortune you happened to be lunching here also.
We must lose no time. You must return with me to my house immedi-ately.”
Tommy demurred25 cautiously.
“I can be with you in half an hour. I must return to my office first.”
Captain Harker, turning to glance at Tuppence, may have been sur-prised to see a half smile lurking26 for a moment at the corners of hermouth.
“No, no, that will not do. You must return with me.” The grey-hairedman took a card from his pocket and handed it across the table. “That ismy name.”
Tommy fingered it.
“My fingers are hardly sensitive enough for that,” he said with a smile,and handed it to Tuppence, who read out in a low voice: “The Duke ofBlairgowrie.”
She looked with great interest at their client. The Duke of Blairgowriewas well-known to be a most haughty27 and inaccessible28 nobleman who hadmarried as a wife, the daughter of a Chicago pork butcher, many yearsyounger than himself, and of a lively temperament29 that augured30 ill fortheir future together. There had been rumours31 of disaccord lately.
“You will come at once, Mr. Blunt?” said the Duke, with a tinge32 ofacerbity in his manner.
Tommy yielded to the inevitable33.
“Miss Ganges and I will come with you,” he said quietly. “You will ex-cuse my just stopping to drink a large cup of black coffee? They will serveit immediately. I am subject to very distressing34 headaches, the result of myeye trouble, and the coffee steadies my nerves.”
He called a waiter and gave the order. Then he spoke20 to Tuppence.
“Miss Ganges—I am lunching here tomorrow with the French Prefect ofPolice. Just note down the luncheon, and give it to the head waiter with in-structions to reserve me my usual table. I am assisting the French police inan important case. The fee”—he paused—“is considerable. Are you ready,Miss Ganges.”
“Quite ready,” said Tuppence, her stylo poised35.
“We will start with that special salad of shrimps36 that they have here.
Then to follow—let me see, to follow—Yes, Omelette Blitz, and perhaps acouple of Tournedos à l’Etranger.”
He paused and murmured apologetically:
“You will forgive me, I hope. Ah! yes, Souffle en surprise. That will con-clude the repast. A most interesting man, the French Prefect. You knowhim, perhaps?”
The other replied in the negative, as Tuppence rose and went to speak tothe head waiter. Presently she returned, just as the coffee was brought.
Tommy drank a large cup of it, sipping37 it slowly, then rose.
“My cane, Miss Ganges? Thank you. Directions, please?”
It was a moment of agony for Tuppence.
“One right, eighteen straight. About the fifth step, there is a waiterserving the table on your left.”
Swinging his cane jauntily38, Tommy set out. Tuppence kept close besidehim, and endeavoured unobtrusively to steer39 him. All went well until theywere just passing out through the doorway. A man entered rather hur-riedly, and before Tuppence could warn the blind Mr. Blunt, he hadbarged right into the newcomer. Explanations and apologies ensued.
At the door of the Blitz, a smart landaulette was waiting. The Duke him-self aided Mr. Blunt to get in.
“Your car here, Harker?” he asked over his shoulder.
“Yes. Just round the corner.”
“Take Miss Ganges in it, will you.”
Before another word could be said, he had jumped in beside Tommy,and the car rolled smoothly40 away.
“A very delicate matter,” murmured the Duke. “I can soon acquaint youwith all the details.”
Tommy raised his hand to his head.
“I can remove my eyeshade now,” he observed pleasantly. “It was onlythe glare of artificial light in the restaurant necessitated41 its use.”
But his arm was jerked down sharply. At the same time he felt some-thing hard and round being poked42 between his ribs43.
“No, my dear Mr. Blunt,” said the Duke’s voice—but a voice that seemedsuddenly different. “You will not remove that eyeshade. You will sit per-fectly still and not move in any way. You understand? I don’t want thispistol of mine to go off. You see, I happen not to be the Duke of Blair-gowrie at all. I borrowed his name for the occasion, knowing that youwould not refuse to accompany such a celebrated44 client. I am somethingmuch more prosaic—a ham merchant who has lost his wife.”
He felt the start the other gave.
“That tells you something,” he laughed. “My dear young man, you havebeen incredibly foolish. I’m afraid—I’m very much afraid that your activit-ies will be curtailed45 in future.”
He spoke the last words with a sinister46 relish47.
Tommy sat motionless. He did not reply to the other’s taunts48.
Presently the car slackened its pace and drew up.
“Just a minute,” said the pseudo Duke. He twisted a handkerchief deftlyinto Tommy’s mouth, and drew up his scarf over it.
“In case you should be foolish enough to think of calling for help,” he ex-plained suavely49.
The door of the car opened and the chauffeur50 stood ready. He and hismaster took Tommy between them and propelled him rapidly up somesteps and in at the door of a house.
The door closed behind them. There was a rich oriental smell in the air.
Tommy’s feet sank deep into velvet51 pile. He was propelled in the samefashion up a flight of stairs and into a room which he judged to be at theback of the house. Here the two men bound his hands together. The chauf-feur went out again, and the other removed the gag.
“You may speak freely now,” he announced pleasantly. “What have youto say for yourself, young man?”
Tommy cleared his throat and eased the aching corners of his mouth.
“I hope you haven’t lost my hollow cane,” he said mildly. “It cost me alot to have that made.”
“You have nerve,” said the other, after a minute’s pause. “Or else youare just a fool. Don’t you understand that I have got you—got you in thehollow of my hand? That you’re absolutely in my power? That no one whoknows you is ever likely to see you again.”
“Can’t you cut out the melodrama52?” asked Tommy plaintively53. “Have Igot to say, ‘You villain54, I’ll foil you yet?’ That sort of thing is so very muchout of date.”
“What about the girl?” said the other, watching him. “Doesn’t that moveyou?”
“Putting two and two together during my enforced silence just now,”
said Tommy. “I have come to the inevitable conclusion that that chatty ladHarker is another of the doers of desperate deeds, and that therefore myunfortunate secretary will shortly join this little tea party.”
“Right as to one point, but wrong on the other. Mrs. Beresford—you see,I know all about you—Mrs. Beresford will not be brought here. That is alittle precaution I took. It occurred to me that just probably your friends inhigh places might be keeping you shadowed. In that case, by dividing thepursuit, you could not both be trailed. I should still keep one in my hands.
I am waiting now—”
He broke off as the door opened. The chauffeur spoke.
“We’ve not been followed, sir. It’s all clear.”
“Good. You can go, Gregory.”
The door closed again.
“So far, so good,” said the “Duke.” “And now what are we to do with you,Mr. Beresford Blunt?”
“I wish you’d take this confounded eyeshade off me,” said Tommy.
“I think not. With it on, you are truly blind—without it you would see aswell as I do—and that would not suit my little plan. For I have a plan. Youare fond of sensational55 fiction, Mr. Blunt. This little game that you andyour wife were playing today proves that. Now I, too, have arranged alittle game — something rather ingenious, as I am sure you will admitwhen I explain it to you.
“You see, this floor on which you are standing is made of metal, andhere and there on its surface are little projections56. I touch a switch—so.” Asharp click sounded. “Now the electric current is switched on. To tread onone of those little knobs now means—death! You understand? If you couldsee .?.?. but you cannot see. You are in the dark. That is the game—Blind-man’s Buff with death. If you can reach the door in safety—freedom! But Ithink that long before you reach it you will have trodden on one of thedanger spots. And that will be very amusing—for me!”
He came forward and unbound Tommy’s hands. Then he handed himhis cane with a little ironical57 bow.
“The blind Problemist. Let us see if he will solve this problem. I shallstand here with my pistol ready. If you raise your hands to your head toremove that eyeshade, I shoot. Is that clear?”
“Perfectly58 clear,” said Tommy. He was rather pale, but determined59. “Ihaven’t a dog’s chance, I suppose?”
“Oh! that—” the other shrugged60 his shoulders.
“Damned ingenious devil, aren’t you?” said Tommy. “But you’ve forgot-ten one thing. May I light a cigarette by the way? My poor little heart’s go-ing pit-a-pat.”
“You may light a cigarette—but no tricks. I am watching you, remember,with the pistol ready.”
“I’m not a performing dog,” said Tommy. “I don’t do tricks.” He extrac-ted a cigarette from his case, then felt for a match box. “It’s all right. I’mnot feeling for a revolver. But you know well enough that I’m not armed.
All the same, as I said before, you’ve forgotten one thing.”
“What is that?”
Tommy took a match from the box, and held it ready to strike.
“I’m blind and you can see. That’s admitted. The advantage is with you.
But supposing we were both in the dark—eh? Where’s your advantagethen?”
He struck the match.
“Thinking of shooting at the switch of the lights? Plunging61 the room intodarkness? It can’t be done.”
“Just so,” said Tommy. “I can’t give you darkness. But extremes meet,you know. What about light?”
As he spoke, he touched the match to something he held in his hand,and threw it down upon the table.
A blinding glare filled the room.
Just for a minute, blinded by the intense white light, the “Duke” blinkedand fell back, his pistol hand lowered.
He opened his eyes again to feel something sharp pricking62 his breast.
“drop that pistol,” ordered Tommy. “drop it quick. I agree with you thata hollow cane is a pretty rotten affair. So I didn’t get one. A good swordstick is a very useful weapon, though. Don’t you think so? Almost as usefulas magnesium63 wire. drop that pistol.”
Obedient to the necessity of that sharp point, the man dropped it. Then,with a laugh, he sprang back.
“But I still have the advantage,” he mocked. “For I can see, and you can-not.”
“That’s where you’re wrong,” said Tommy. “I can see perfectly. The eye-shade’s a fake. I was going to put one over on Tuppence. Make one or twobloomers to begin with, and then put in some perfectly marvellous stufftowards the end of lunch. Why, bless you, I could have walked to the doorand avoided all the knobs with perfect ease. But I didn’t trust you to play asporting game. You’d never have let me get out of this alive. Careful now—”
For, with his face distorted with rage, the “Duke” sprang forward, for-getting in his fury to look where he put his feet.
There was a sudden blue crackle of flame, and he swayed for a minute,then fell like a log. A faint odour of singed64 flesh filled the room, minglingwith a stronger smell of ozone65.”
“Whew,” said Tommy.
He wiped his face.
Then, moving gingerly, and with every precaution, he reached the wall,and touched the switch he had seen the other manipulate.
He crossed the room to the door, opened it carefully, and looked out.
There was no one about. He went down the stairs and out through thefront door.
Safe in the street, he looked up at the house with a shudder66, noting thenumber. Then he hurried to the nearest telephone box.
There was a moment of agonising anxiety, and then a well-known voicespoke.
“Tuppence, thank goodness!”
“Yes, I’m all right. I got all your points. The Fee, Shrimp, Come to theBlitz and follow the two strangers. Albert got there in time, and when wewent off in separate cars, followed me in a taxi, saw where they took me,and rang up the police.”
“Albert’s a good lad,” said Tommy. “Chivalrous. I was pretty sure he’dchoose to follow you. But I’ve been worried, all the same. I’ve got lots totell you. I’m coming straight back now. And the first thing I shall do whenI get back is to write a thumping67 big cheque for St. Dunstan’s. Lord, it mustbe awful not to be able to see.”
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