Of course, he had known that she had not really gone away for good, but all the same her absence, especially after the event of the night before last, was a little disquieting.
"My name is Tavernake," he said.

"I do not wish to intrude at such an hour, but if she could see me for a moment, I should be glad." He sat down and waited patiently.

Soon a message came that Mr.Tavernake was to go up.

He ascended in the lift and knocked at the door of her suite.

Her maid opened it grudgingly.