“I’m afraid you see enough for two or three people,” Louise chuckled.
“I told you, didn’t I, how that vampire tried to steal our car while we were on our way here?”
“Two or three times, darling.”
“Well, it would bear repeating. I think she intended to meet someone that night—perhaps the same person who was hiding in the woods!”
Louise, methodically eating chocolates, mulled over the possibility.
“Jerry told us that an escaped flier from a Canadian prison camp may be hiding somewhere near here,” Penny resumed, wandering to the window. “Perhaps Mrs. Deline is trying to help him!”
“You have a new theory every minute,” Louise yawned. “Why not think up one and stick to it?”
Penny did not answer for at that moment she observed Jerry Livingston leaving the veranda of the hotel.
“Come on, Lou!” she cried, jerking her chum off the bed. “I want to see Jerry before he escapes!”
“Talk about Mrs. Deline pursuing your defenseless father!” Louise protested as she was pulled down the hall to the elevator. “Her tactics at least are more subtle than yours!”