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Story: CHAPTER XXIII 

Philippa and Helen met in the drawing-room, a few minutes before eight that evening. Philippa was wearing a new black dress, a model of simplicity to the untutored eye, but full of that undefinable appeal to the mysterious which even the greatest artist frequently fails to create out of any form of colour. Some fancy had induced her to strip off her jewels at the last moment, and she wore no ornaments save a band of black velvet around her neck. Helen looked at her curiously. 

"Is this a fresh scheme for conquest, Philippa?" she asked, as they stood together by the log fire. 

Philippa unexpectedly flushed. 

"I don't know what I was thinking about, really," she confessed. "Is that the exact time, I wonder?" 

"Two minutes to eight," Helen replied. 

"Mr. Lessingham is always so punctual," Philippa murmured. "I wonder if Captain Griffiths would dare!" 

"We've done our best to warn him," Helen reminded her friend. "The man is simply pig-headed." 

"I can't help feeling that he's right," Philippa declared, "when he argues that they couldn't really prove anything against him." 

"Does that matter," Helen asked anxiously, "so long as he is an enemy, living under a false name here?" 

"You don't think they'd--they'd--" 

"Shoot him?" Helen whispered, lowering her voice. "They couldn't do that! They couldn't do that!" 

The clock began to chime. Suddenly Philippa, who had been listening, gave a little exclamation of relief. 

"I hear his voice!" she exclaimed. "Thank goodness!" 

Helen's relief was almost as great as her companion's. A moment later Mills ushered in their guest. He was still wearing his bandage, but his colour had returned. He seemed, in fact, almost gay. 

Question: Who is getting together?
Answer:Philippa and Helen

Question: Where?
Answer:In the drawing-room

Question: What time?
Answer:A few minutes before eight

Question: What time is it more precisely?
Answer:Two minutes to eight

Question: Who is usually on time?
Answer:Mr. Lessingham

Question: What is Phillippa wearing?
Answer:A new black dress

Question: Does she look good in it?
Answer:Yes

Question: Is she wearing earrings?
Answer:No

Question: Who did they try to warn?
Answer:Mr. Lessingham.

Question: Are they worried about him?
Answer:Yes

Question: Does the time change while they wait?
Answer:Yes

Question: What time is it now?
Answer:Has to be 8

Question: Why is Phillippa relieved?
Answer:She hears his voice.

Question: Who else is relieved?
Answer:Helen

Question: Is the guest injured?
Answer:Yes

Question: How can we tell?
Answer:He was wearing a bandage.

Question: Does he look happy?
Answer:Yes

Question: Is he pale?
Answer:Not any more.

Question: What were they worried someone would do to him
Answer:Shoot him.

Question: Who brought him in?
Answer:
Mills