Chapter 30: Marguerite Devina

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​⁠“The Moving Finger,” which waits for no man, moved on. But Zalithea did not return. The police had relaxed their efforts. They had nothing to work upon. It was obviously impossible to place the hieratic letter in their hands. Nor did its arrival assist the investigations of the private agency employed by John Cumberland.

He allowed them to examine it, saying that the writing was believed to be in P