Show dant tell t CP 07 1 elife ba 3 w A aam CHAPTER it X continued 0 the room of the speed joua though essentially ma masculine sf allne I 1 in tune war no noless less beautiful than t tala an any odier pait of es that most magnificent of yachts in an open fireplace Bre place at one end of the room real logs burned the man tel tely uras ivas froug wrought ht out ont of the oake rib of an antique sailing ship and upon it tested rested a meticulously pieced model band carved r by captain maity blatty mai ty of dipper dinner Ms his father used to im aad in the china maines maxi maritime time heyday the walls of the room were richly panelled panel led in walnut with tiny sconce conce lamps in the form forin of ships lanterns set on each pilaster the ceiling was deeply beamed also in walnut the whole interior was highly polished to as like finish that reflected the daz dancing icing log flames through the tha izenia 5 farro are fog diff diffused used from the cigars of the smokers sm elters who wh 0 were half buried in ake t comfortable furniture which was sumptuously upholstered upholster d in warm toned leather py and large it was an ideal place to lounge in unfair fair uie weather ather as well as 33 foul ann and clay how however evex were v ere no nofa f in in the mood for lounging loc lov nging they had work to do grim work As soon as they could do so without attracting undue atte attention antion they slipped out of the smoking room the SN speedwell edwell was wa so arranged that most odthe of the living rooms onnis and the own er irs apartment artmont were one th the e b bridge dg superstructure half a deck dac down to be exact from the lounge and the i i main main aed while the guesto guest staterooms state stat rooms ragged along alone ali the forward three quarter of the deck below aft A ft of those these were the crew quarters and in the hold still lower were the engine toom room the bunkers and the other necessary though thong unlovely portions portion of a great seagoing sea ma going private yacht ranny and clay were thus able to ti make ake their way do down m t to ty the corb es suite without venturing upon the LIU deck where they might live have encountered aimer abner and joan they did andt want to see that 11 precious cad and his nus misguided bonso conso consort just yet after assuring themselves that joan and abner were not in the bite nor 0 boning tj upon the private sundeck clay locked the sitting room door to the passageway while ranny limi hastily tily fetched from his cabin a small age this the plotter e expressions pres an odd mixture of crusading so severity and skylarking opened it revealed a bicycle bell attached ln a length of electric lamp cord sorrier om mis laneous cel non insulated wires wim aha an springs and a small biscuit ax jike field generals planning a bat tie tic clay and surveyed the suite spear specifically cally it co misted of a sitting room oft off winch opened two separate staterooms state rooms and the private sundeck these abided to the main door opening tj to the and the flie two doors opening into closets mado made six apertures aper tures in the wall ivall space besides the double winlow win doy the wall scheme hoedl however was so cunningly cunning devised that there seemed to be ottly only three doors door 3 those to the closets and the hall the other openings ope ninga were really inset ir set which slid slid miraculously open at the lightest touch an 4 fitted prettily into the decora za yv ea of the room |