“All right, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

She turned away.

Bertha Cool said, “Wait a minute. I’m trying to get some information about her.”

“What do you want?”

“It’s very important that I get in touch with her, very important indeed.”

“There’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Can’t you tell me where she is, where I could locate her, or how I could get a message to her? Hasn’t she left any instructions with you at all?”

“None whatever. She has a young woman in the apartment with her, Myrna Jackson. If anyone will know where she is, it’ll be Miss Jackson.”

“How can I reach Miss Jackson, then?”

“She isn’t in?”