"Not yet. But I'm feeling drowsy. With your permission I'll lie down and take a nap. I slept very little last night."
He threw away his cigar, which he had smoked nearly to the end, and rising without assistance, bowed and walked away.
"Will he ever waken, I wonder?" said Beth softly.
"Of course," declared Patsy. "He has crossed the Rubicon and is going to get well. I feel it in my bones!"
"Let us hope," responded Beth, "that Ajo also feels it in his bones, rather than in his stomach."
CHAPTER X
STILL A MYSTERY
The day advanced to luncheon time and Uncle John and the Weldons came back from their mountain trip. Hollywood is in the foothills and over the passes are superb automobile roads into the fruitful valleys of San Fernando and La Canada.
"Seen anything of the boy—A. Jones?" inquired Arthur.
"Yes; and perhaps we've seen the last of him," answered Beth.