Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ Then he danced away with her and Wentworth smiled ever so slightly, knowing that a clever woman can get much more information out of a man than can be obtained by another man.
Wentworth decided that in the meantime he would return to the bottom floor of the duplex apartment for a sandwich, a glass of champagne and a look around. Two men, quite able bodied and sober, entered the automatic elevator as he came to the head of the curving stairway. He descended the stairs quite rapidly, but found that the elevator had beaten him. Either that or the car had not come down to this floor. ”

“ Mortimer Mack's apartment proved to be duplex. From a spacious hall a broad, curved stairway led to the second floor. The hall was really very large, but seemed even larger than it actually was because the walls were completely paneled with mirrors. In addition to the stairway there was an automatic elevator for those who might be infirm or, perhaps, a bit drunk. In every way the apartment gave the appearance of a house, as in truth it was— a very large house, with many rooms— constructed within the apartment building. ”

“ After a hurried glass of wine and a sandwich Wentworth went over to the automatic elevator and pressed the call button. Nobody paid any attention to him and very shortly the door opened and exposed the empty car. He entered and closed the door behind him. There were only two buttons to be pressed, one for the first floor and one for the second floor, which was what he expected. ”