This was hardly an hour since. Now, like a bubble, abruptly that world had burst.
Yet why?
In that query was the riddle which impotently Verplank was trying to solve. With a clutch at a possible solution, he turned to his servant:
“Roberts, get a motor. If Mrs. Verplank is not on the yacht, I will take a special, and follow her.”
“Yes, sir. Shall you wish me to go with you?”
“No, stay here until you hear from me. At any moment Mrs. Verplank may return.”
But Leilah did not return. Nor did the special, in which Verplank followed, overtake her. The first intelligence of her that reached him was the announcement of her engagement to another man.