I arrived here punctually on the date arranged
upon between Guy and myself, and found that he had arrived the
night before, and had engaged a room for me. He was out when I
came. I changed my clothes and sat down to wait for him. He
did not return. I made inquiries and found that he had left
the hotel at eight o'clock the previous evening. To cut the
matter short, ten days have now elapsed and he has not yet
returned.
"I have been to the Embassy, to the police, and to the Morgue.
Nowhere have I found the slightest trace of him. No one seems
to take the least interest in his disappearance. The police
shrug their shoulders, and look at me as though I ought to
understand--he will return very shortly they are quite sure.
At the Embassy they have begun to look upon me as a nuisance.
The Morgue--Heaven send that I may one day forget the horror
of my hasty visits there. I have come to the conclusion,
Andrew, that I must search for him myself. How, I do not know;
where, I do not know. But I shall not leave Paris until I have
found him.
"Andrew, what I want is a friend here.
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