CHAPTER XXVIII
The Long Sleep
The amazing incident which cut so sharply into these tangled lives occurred the next morning at Rackham Park. Some of the house party straggled down to a late breakfast, others did not descend at all. Harry Luttrell joined Millie Splay upon the stairs and stopped her before she entered the breakfast-room.
"I should like to slip away this morning, Lady Splay," he said. "My servant is packing now."
Millie Splay looked at him in dismay.
"Oh, I am so sorry," she said. "I was hoping that this morning you and Joan would have something to say to me."
"I did too," replied Harry with a wry smile. "But Joan turned me down with a bang last night."
Lady Splay plumped herself down on a chair in the hall.
"Oh, she is the most exasperating girl!" she cried. "Are you sure that you didn't misunderstand her?"
"Quite."