CHAPTER 17Lois thought it was kind of Lady Moron to give her the afternoon and evening to herself.
“My dear, I’ll be glad to get rid of you,” said her ladyship frankly. “That wretched man Dorn has quite upset me, and I’m not going to visit my resentment on you. Go away for a few hours and begin to forget that there is such a place as 307 Chester Square. And if you feel you’d like to go to a theatre later, please do so. I will leave instructions for the night footman to wait up for you. I have just heard from the hospital that Braime is quite conscious and perhaps he will give us an account of the mysterious happening. I’ve had the library searched, and I’ve not found anything to account for his extraordinary seizure. I doubt even whether the clever Mr. Dorn will be any more successful,” s
