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"CAN you gentlemen tell me where Doc Savage may be found?" asked the young woman.

Monk and Ham stared, tongue-tied. The girl's beauty had taken the wind from their sails.

"Darn it!" the young woman said disgustedly, apparently addressing herself. "I thought you looked like
men who could speak English. I guess you cannot."

Monk and Ham hastily ceased staring, and registered some embarrassment.

"I hope you will overlook the bad manners of my hairy friend, here," Ham told the beauty politely. "Monk
used to be the wild man in a circus, and he got the habit of looking at everybody as if he wanted to eat
them."
"He's a liar, miss," Monk put in hastily. "He's got a wife and thirteen children. His offspring are all
half-witted, like their father."

Instead of smiling at what Monk and Ham intended to he humor that would break the ice, the young lady
seemed distressed. When she spoke, there was brittle fear in her voice.

"If you know where I can find Doc Savage, please tell me," she pleaded in a strained voice.

Monk and Ham sobered.

"Is your business with Doc important?" Ham asked sharply.

"Extremely!"

The chemist and the lawyer exchanged glances. The girl sounded as if she were in earnest.

"Does Doc Savage know you?" Monk queried.

"Rae Stanley is my name. My father is Professor Elmont Stanley. Mr. Savage does not know me, but he
has probably heard of my father."

"What do you want to see Doc about?"

Attractive Rae Stanley shook her head. "That must be strictly between Doc Savage and myself."

"In inquiring about Doc, how did you happen to pick on us?" Monk asked curiously.

"You were the first men I saw who looked as if they might be able to speak English," Rae explained.

"Then you didn't know we're two of Doc's outfit?" The girl's brown eyes widened. Her exquisite features
showed delight.

"This is a break!" she ejaculated. "I can give my warning to you, then go back to my quarters. I am in
danger every minute that I am away."

This caused Monk and Ham to register intense curiosity and bewilderment.

"You're risking something to come here and warn Doc?" Ham demanded.