"Where did you go after I left you last night?"
"I came here, of course." As the memory of the previous night swept over him he scowled.
"Did you stay here?"
"No. I went out again, and was out nearly all night trying to walk it off."
Runnels' face blanched, and he drew back.
"Then of course you know?"
"What?"
"About Cortlandt. He's dead!"
It was Kirk's turn to start and grow pale. The last cobweb was swept from his brain, and he gasped:
"DEAD! When? Where? How did it happen?"