“No,” said Superintendent Battle. “Never knew a young lady who was less so. What I’ll do for you, Lady Eileen, is this. I’ll just give you one little hint. And I’m doing it because I never have thought much of the motto ‘Safety First.’ In my opinion half the people who spend their lives avoiding being run over by buses had much better be run over and put safely out of the way. They’re no good.”

This remarkable utterance issuing from the conventional lips of Superintendent Battle quite took Bundle’s breath away.

“What was the hint you were going to give me?” she asked at last.

“You know Mr. Eversleigh, don’t you?”

“Know Bill? Why, of course. But what⁠—”