CHAPTER 14“I’m afraid you can’t come in now. Is there anything you want?”
“Yes, I forgot something,” said the agitated voice.
“Can I get it for you?” asked Lois, now at the door.
“No, I’m afraid you can’t, it’s—er——”
His voice died down into a rumble of sound. Then!
“Never mind. I don’t suppose—I say, don’t be alarmed or anything of that sort—I mean, don’t mention to the madam anything that seems remarkable, will you?”
The girl shook her head in bewilderment.
“I don’t know what you mean. Is there something I can get for you?”
But he had evidently gone. Lizzy, who had a practical mind, suggested that the articles he required were false teeth.
“He’s got that kind of delicate mind that wouldn’t mention them to a lady,” she said.
But her companion did not accept that explanation.
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