One or two of the board had the grace to rise as I entered, but most of them were too agitated to remember their manners.
“What is this about Dr. Letheny?” I began.
“Are you Miss Keate?” asked the chief of police.
“Yes,” I replied, none too graciously.
“We were just about to send for you,” he informed me. “Now suppose you tell us everything you know of this affair. Mind, I say everything.”
I turned to Dr. Balman.
“Hasn’t Dr. Letheny returned yet?”
He shook his head slowly.
“Come, come, Miss Keate,” said the chief.
“Doesn’t Miss Letheny know where he is?” I insisted anxiously.