Mrs. Sanborn at this moment called her husband to her, and Patsy, taking the arm of Nick, asked:
“What is it all about?”
“Mr. Ellison, the bridegroom, has singularly disappeared,” said Nick, “or is missing.”
“Do they think he has skipped?” asked Patsy.
“They do not say so,” replied Nick. “But it looks that way to me.”
“But,” put in Chick, “nobody saw him leave the house, and it is believed he is stowed away somewhere in it.”
“Well, look here,” said Patsy. “I’ve got a pointer. Look for the feller the valet brought in. And look for the valet himself.”
“What are you getting at?” asked Nick.
“Well, I’ve only just tumbled now,” said Patsy, “but when that big cape coat went out of the house, it didn’t have the same man inside of it that it had when it came in.”
“You mean?” asked Nick.