Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ She was dressed in a turquoise wrapper of Chinese silk and her hair hung loose over her shoulders.
"By Jove!" he exclaimed, waiving Jenkyns out of the room. "Nita, you look prettier when you get up than when you go to bed. You are one of nature's miracles."
Her face glowed with pleasure at the compliment, but worry overtook it. "What is it, Dick?" she asked. "What has happened?"
"It's little Dorothy," he answered, "and it's bad. They got her sweetheart and I'm afraid he's been done in." ”

“ Wentworth? You seem always to be some place or going somewhere."
"I am going after the greatest, living criminal, my dear inspector, a man who will shock the world if we do not stop him in a very few hours. There seems to be no limit to his audacity — nor to his cruelty." ”

“ Wentworth looked very grave when Dorothy went back to bed for some more sleep. "Nita, there isn't much hope," he said. "It is plain that Selwyn was traced by the photograph with the address upon it which Dorothy left in her room. It also seems certain that he has no friend who would send for him in case of accident or illness, except Dorothy herself. The only deduction is that he was decoyed, probably told that Dorothy was hurt or sick. ”