Miss Prentice." "I think I shall hire a cottage in the country for her." "If you did that, the police would find her immediately. The only safe hiding-place is a crowd." "You think so?" Cyril looked doubtful. "I am sure of it. Now let me see: Where is she least likely to attract attention? It must be a place where you could manage to see her without being compromised, and, if possible, without being observed. I have it! A hotel. The Hotel George is the very place. In a huge caravansary like that all sorts and conditions of people jostle each other without exciting comment. Besides, the police are less likely to look among the guests of such an expensive hotel for a poor maidservant or in such a public resort for a fugitive from justice." "You are right!" cried Cyril enthusiastically. "But in her present condition," continued Campbell, "I don't see how she could remain there alone." "Certainly not. She must have some woman with her." "Exactly. But what trustworthy woman could you get to undertake such a task? Perhaps one of the nurses----" "No," Cyril hastily interrupted him. "When she leaves the nursing home, all trace of her must be lost. At any moment the police may discover that a woman whom I have represented to be my wife has been a patient there. That will naturally arouse their suspicions and they will do their utmost to discover who it is that I am protecting with my name. No, a nurse would never do. For one thing, she would feel called upon to report to the doctor." "You might bribe her not to do so," suggested Guy. "I shouldn't dare to trust to an absolutely unknown quantity. Oh, if I only knew a respectable woman on whom I could rely! I would pay her a small fortune for her services." "I know somebody who might do," said Campbell. "Her name is Miss Trevor and she used to be my sister's governess. She is too old to teach now and I fancy has a hard time to make both ends meet. The only trouble is that she is so conscientious that she would rather starve than be mixed up in anything she did not consider perfectly honorable and above board. If I told her that she was to chaperon a young lady whom the police were looking for, she would be so indignant that I doubt if she would ever speak to me again." "Why tell her?" insinuated Cyril. "It doesn't seem decent to inveigle her by false representations into taking a position which she would never dream of accepting if she knew the truth." "I will pay her £200 a year as long as she lives if she will look after Miss Prentice till this trouble is over. Even if the worst happens and the girl is discovered, she can truthfully plead ignorance of the latter's identity," urged Cyril. "True, and two hundred a year is good pay even for unpleasant notoriety. Yes, on the whole I think I am justified in 

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