swiftly, and is even prepared to offer a two night’s theatre takings in exchange. When Morrison mentions having visited Brown’s wife and asks what he should tell Mitchell, Brown leaves the room under a pretense and slips out a side door. Nearby playing chess with the barkeep, Maloin has overheard the conversation.
Maloin calls to the butcher’s and drags Henriette from the store against her will and over the protestations of the butcher’s wife (Kati Lzr). He brings her to the tavern for a drink, where he overhears the barkeep telling another patron the story of Brown’s meeting with the inspector, revealing that Morrison had called the local police when Brown absconded. Though Henriette refuses her drink, Maloin buys her an expensive mink stole. They return home to the consternation of Camlia, who cannot comprehend why Maloin has ruined Henriette’s chances of a job and