“No.”

“I’ve been to her room and knocked, but no one seems to be in.”

“Did you have an appointment with her?”

“Not exactly an appointment.”

“Oh!”

For a time they were silent.

Then Carter said, in an offhand way:

“What does Miss Peters do?”

“She sings in a concert hall over on the West Side,” Darwin replied.

“I often wondered what she worked at to keep her out so late at night.”