"She is no longer in the ballroom."
"No."
"We are wasting our time waiting here."
"Roight ye are."
"Then we will wait no longer. Come, we'll go to the hotel."
CHAPTER XIX.
A HUMBLE APOLOGY.
Barely were they in their apartments at the hotel when there came a knock on the door, and a boy entered, bearing a salver on which were two cards.
"Colonel La Salle Vallier and Mr. Rolf Raymond," read Frank. "Bring them up."