"And how are they succeeding?"
"They're winding themselves up in the worst tangle you ever saw——"
"But you——"
"I'm tangled, too. That's one reason I woke you, Lester. I want to talk to you."
"But surely," I said, "Lucy Kingdon can tell——"
"Lucy Kingdon is delirious, threatened with brain fever. The whole affair is a deeper mystery than ever."
CHAPTER XX
An Appeal for Advice
A cold plunge wiped away the last vestiges of sleepiness, and ten minutes later, I joined Godfrey in the dining-room, where he had ordered lunch for both of us, and where we could talk undisturbed, since we were its only occupants.