"I suppose I do. But forget that and tell me something. When did Shaw leave?"
"Within half an hour of the time he brought me here."
"When is he coming back?"
"To-night, I think."
"And he's left you here alone, with no one around but this woman?" Laurie asked, incredulously. Here was another situation hard to understand.
"His secretary is somewhere around, a wretched jackal that does what he's told."
"Oh!" This was news. "Where is he?"
"Out in the garage. He has a room there. I heard him say he had no sleep last night, and that he expected to get some to-day."
Laurie rose.
"I'll take a look around and see where he is," he suggested. "We can't have him catching on to my little visit and telephoning to Shaw, you know."