"Let me assist you," and he took my arm and helped me up; then went on ahead, opened my door, and lighted the gas.
"Thanks," I said, as I dropped into a chair.
He sat quietly down opposite me, and, weary as I was, I was conscious of his keen eyes upon me.
"We heard from Miss Holladay this morning," I remarked, unconsciously answering their question.
He did not reply for a moment, but I had closed my eyes again, and I was too tired to open them and look at him.
"Ah," he said, in a voice a little hoarse; "and she is well?"
"No; she's disappeared."
"You mean——"
"I mean she's run away," I said, waking up a little.
"And she has informed you——"