"Bit unpleasant, alLthis," said Mr. Pointz
unhappily.
:,!
"It's all my fault," Sobbed Eve. "I didn't
mean--"
"Buck up, kiddo," said Mr. Stein kindly.
"Nobody's blaming you."
THE REGATTA MYSTERY
17
Mr. Leathern said in his slow pedantic manner,
"Why, certainly, I think that Sir George's sug-gestion
will meet with the fullest approval from all
of us. It does from me."
"I agree," said Evan Llewellyn.
Mrs. Rustington looked at Lady Marroway who
nodded a brief assent. The two of them went back
behind the screen and the sobbing Eve accom-panied
them.
A waiter knocked on the door and was told to
go away.
Five minutes later eight people looked at each
other incredulously.
The Morning Star had vanished into space ....
Mr. Parker Pyne looked thoughtfully at the
dark agitated face of the young man opposite him.
"Of course," he said. "You're Welsh, Mr.
Llewellyn."
"What's that got to do with it?"
Mr. Parker Pyne waved a large, well-cared-for
hand.