Patricia bowed her head.
“How could I have done so?” he urged.
“Isn’t Nick Hollingsworth an intimate friend of yours?”
“Yes, but I fail to see——”
“Will you deny it?”
“I’m afraid you’ll have to take me a little on faith,” he pleaded. “At any rate you will not suffer long. I’m leaving town in a few days.”
“For long?” she asked politely.
“For good, I think. Won’t you let me come in to see you before then?”
“Perhaps——”