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       Ethel Lina White

      SHE FADED INTO AIR

      (A Thriller)

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      2017 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-0271-3

      Table of Contents

       Chapter I. According To The Evidence

       Chapter II. Number Sixteen

       Chapter III. Protection Of Property

       Chapter IV. Gift From Cinderella

       Chapter V. Potted Personalities

       Chapter VI. Weights And Measures

       Chapter VII. Money Talks

       Chapter VIII. "Poste Restante"

       Chapter IX. A Lady Called "Nell"

       Chapter X. A Lady's Privilege

       Chapter XI. Leakage

       Chapter XII. Courtesy Of The Police

       Chapter XIII. Standing By

       Chapter XIV. Photographs

       Chapter XV. The First Clue

       Chapter XVI. Hand-Made Gloves

       Chapter XVII. Accident

       Chapter XVIII. "Where Are You?"

       Chapter XIX. An Opened Window

       Chapter XX. "By Hand"

       Chapter XXI. Madame Vacates

       Chapter XXII. Drive To Safety

       Chapter XXIII. Ransom

       Chapter XXIV. Chivalry Lives On

       Chapter XXV. Starfish Avenue

       Chapter XXVI. Looking-Glass Plot

      CHAPTER ONE--ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE

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      The story of the alleged disappearance of Evelyn Cross was too fantastic for credence. According to the available evidence, she melted into thin air shortly after four o'clock on a foggy afternoon in late October. One minute, she was visible in the flesh--a fashionable blonde, nineteen years of age and weighing about eight and a half stone.

      The next minute, she was gone.

      The scene of this incredible fade-out was an eighteenth-century mansion in Mayfair. The Square was formerly a residential area of fashion and dignity. It had escaped a doom of complete reconstruction, but some of the houses were divided up into high-class offices and flats.

      This particular residence had been renamed "Pomerania House" by its owner, Major Pomeroy. He speculated in building property and had his estate office, as well as his private flat, on the premises.

      The ex-officer might be described as a business gentleman. Besides being correctly documented--Winchester, Oxford and the essential clubs--he had not blotted his financial or moral credit. In appearance he conformed to military type, being erect, spare and well dressed, with a small dark tooth-brush moustache. His voice was brisk and his eyes keen. He walked with a nonchalant manner. He had two affectations--a monocle and a fresh flower daily in his buttonhole.

      Shortly after four o'clock on the afternoon of Evelyn Cross' alleged disappearance, he was in the hall of Pomerania House, leaning against the door of his flat, when a large car stopped in the road outside. The porter recognized it as belonging to a prospective client who had called previously at the estate office to inquire about office accommodation. With the recollection of a generous tip, he hurried outside to open the door.

      Before he could reach it, Raphael Cross had sprung out and was standing on the pavement. He was a striking figure, with the muscular development of a pugilist and a face expressive of a powerful personality. Its ruthless force--combined with very fair curling hair and ice-blue eyes--made him resemble a conception of some old Nordic god, although the comparison flattered him in view of his heavy chin and bull-neck.

      He crashed an entrance into the hall, but his daughter, Evelyn, lingered to take a cigarette from her case. She was very young, with a streamlined figure, shoulder-length blonde hair and a round small-featured face. With a total lack of convention she chatted freely to the porter as he struck a match to light her cigarette.

      "Confidentiality,

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