PART ELEVEN, THE CROSSING AND TRAIN TO PARIS

CHAPTER TWO THE INTRIGUING CASE OFA MURDE IN PARIS

The Dover to Calais crossing launched on time, setting sail into a creeping, cheerless morning mist. The ship’s horn and bell announced their exit from the shelter of the harbour, the drum of its engine reverberating through the bench Noella and Le Queux perched themselves. The calm afforded behind the wharf vanished in a sudden westerly wind that sternly slapped the vessel’s starboard side. The boat pitched, then instantly rose on the swell of the open sea that met the bow, before a sequence of waves pounded the wooden