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TIM remembered this injunction with a smile when he got back to the Carlton and went through his letters; for the second he opened was from that lady. She had apparently a flat in Penson Court, an expensive block near the Green Park, and the letter was a brief but urgent invitation to call on her at the earliest possible moment. The letter had been written on the day he arrived in London.
Either Mrs. Daney was kept well informed as to his movements, or she was a good guesser. In spite of the injunction of the police chief he decided to satisfy his curiosity, and after lunch he made his call.