"Oh, yes, to be sure. She is—or was—his wife, wasn't she?"
"She had a fine lot of excitement with her. Dennison ain't the only one who saw Burton last night. He called on Nora after the show, and wanted money, as, it seems, he always did. But she refused him and he went away sore."
"He was an utter scamp," said Ashton-Kirk. "It's rather remarkable, though, how he managed to keep just outside the reach of the law."
"Nora's been pestered by the cops, and she wants me to have them called off," said Bat. "And she's asked me to go out to Stanwick and see what they are doing there."
"The police?"
"Yes. I don't know just what it's all about; but Nora knows, and that's enough for me."
Ashton-Kirk smiled as the big man went to a closet and took out a long coat and a soft hat.
"Miss Cavanaugh is fortunate in the control of such an obedient geni," said he, quietly. "But good luck on your trip; and while you are gone, I'll grapple with the Greek, as you suggest."