CHAPTER 12The downward plunge of the automatic elevator brought the blood back to Rina’s gray face, to her brain. “Put me down,” she murmured. “Please, I’m all right now.”
Don said: “You’ll be all right in a few minutes; we’ll get you in a taxi in no time.”
Mitzi put her arm around Mrs. Baskoulos. “Mister Cadee is taking you to the Cornell Clinic, madame.”
“Oh, no!” Rina was horrified. “No, indeed. I’m not going to any hospital.”
“But Mister Cadee told the police to tell Doctor Soames that’s where he is to come.” The maid was puzzled.
“All the more reason why I can’t go there. If Peter knows where I’ll be—” Rina didn’t finish.
Don put a hand under the blonde’s elbow. “We can fix it so he can’t come to your room.”
“You don’t know him. He will bribe the nurses; he can buy or bluff his
