"Prendetimi una vettura."
The man looked at her in surprise, unable to understand her. She
pointed outside to where several hansoms were passing.
"Oh! a cab you want, miss!" he cried, the fact suddenly dawning upon
him; and as he touched the electric bell which calls cabs from the rank,
she handed him the slip of paper she had that morning received.
The porter read it, descended the steps with her, handed her into the
cab, and, having shouted the address to the man, she was driven rapidly
away to St James's Street, where she ascended to the second floor, and
found upon a door a brass plate bearing Captain Tristram's name.
She rang the bell, and in response the smart, soldier-servant Smayle
appeared, and looked at her in surprise.
"The Signor Capitano Tristram?" she inquired.
"Yes, miss," the man answered; and she entered the hall, and glanced
around her while he closed the door.