Telegram at Sea

St. Lawrence River, Canada, July 31, 1910, before dawn. The steamer Ondine, which left Antwerp eleven days ago, has just taken a river pilot aboard. The pilot is you.

In London, the singer Mildred Garside, the music halls' "Mimi Valentine", vanished in February. On July 13, police found human remains under the brick floor of the cellar of her house in Camden, wrapped in striped cloth with the label of a London shirtmakershirtmaker A tailor or shop specialising in making and selling men's shirts and nightwear..

By wireless telegraph, the captain warned London: the passenger "John Ellery" is her husband, Dr. Lionel Garside, with his moustache shaved off, and the "son" traveling with him looks like a girl. Aboard the same ship is Barnaby Quint, a baritone and former lodger of the house.

The Ondine docks at Quebec at noon. Until then, one of the three must answer for the cellar.

Chart room of the steamer Ondine at dawn, with maps on the table and a crackling telegraph.