"Where will you sleep?"
"At a club."
"And leave me in this spooky place alone? I won't stay."
"Don't you see that I cannot take you around town at this hour of the night looking for lodgings?"
"I'll go in the bedroom, and you can sleep on the couch. I won't stay here alone."
He went to the telephone and called a number. He sent a request to Jane Judd to come to the 'phone, on important business. Then he waited a long time.
"Who is this Jane Judd?" demanded Isabelle.
"She is somebody to stay the night with you."
"I don't want her. I hate her name."
Finally he heard Jane's voice.