14 (AUG. 4, MON.)

They are waiting on the shingle--will

you come and join the dance?

--The Mock Turtle

My appointment with Frij was for one P.M. Mox had telephoned on Sunday

night and told me about it. He didn't say who Frij was. He merely gave

me the address and the room number and hung up.

Frij had an office on the thirty-ninth floor of a building on Fifth

Avenue in the forties. He had, in fact, the entire penthouse. A small

plaque on the front door said simply: PEERLESS PROMOTIONS.

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