Mrs. Lahn put down her empty glass. She stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray on the table at her side. She said:
"Well, it's very late, and I'm going to bed." She got up. "I'm not going to worry about Griselda," she went on, "but it is a bit late, isn't it? Since you know so much about her, perhaps you can also tell me what time she'll be in?"
Kane said easily: "I can tell you two things. She's not very far away and she won't be very long. My advice to you is to go off and get your beauty sleep— not that you need it. To-morrow morning you'll find Griselda safely tucked up in her little bed, drinking her early morning tea."
Mrs. Lahn laughed.
"Well, I'll trust you," she said, "although I don't know why I should. So you guarantee Griselda will be back, do you?" She went over to the d
