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 of her soul from the hurts and insults of the trial; and Oliver thought that she utterly had forgotten where they were and that she would speak out.

"Just a minute," he begged. "I must get my check."

He signaled for the waiter, catching the eye of Frankie Zenn who regarded him fixedly but who made not the slightest response other than to signal the waiter not to approach.

It was this which first warned Oliver and later Joan Daisy that Tut's Temple entertained another visitor whose presence was being studied in relation to theirs and which led to their discovery, while Oliver's check was still withheld, of the arrival of Assistant State's Attorney Clarke.