'The Black Stone,' I cried, and I sat down in the chair so recently vacated and looked round at five badly scared gentlemen.
CHAPTER 9 The Thirty-Nine Steps
'Nonsense!' said the official from the Admiralty Sir Walter got up and left the room while we looked blankly at the table. He came back in ten minutes with a long face. 'I have spoken to Alloa,' he said. 'Had him out of bed—very grumpy. He went straight home after Mulross's dinner.'