"What good would it have done?"
"Why"—Cherry seemed bewildered—"she could put a stop to it; she could use her influence with her father against Marsh. I expected to see your old crew back at work again. Oh, I wish I had her power!"
"She wouldn't take a hand under any circumstances—it wouldn't occur to her—and naturally I couldn't ask her." Boyd flushed uncomfortably. "Thanks to George's trap, there is no need." He went on to tell Cherry of the scene with Mr. Wayland and its stormy ending.
"They have used all their resources to down you," she said, "but luck is with you, and you mustn't let them succeed. Now is the time to show them what is in you. Go in and win her now, against all of them."
He was grateful for her sympathy, yet somehow it made him uncomfortable.
"What was it you wished to see me about?" he asked.
"Oh! Have you seen Chakawana?"
"No."
"She disappeared early this morning soon after the yacht came in; I can't find her anywhere. She took the baby with her and—I'm worried."
"Doesn't Constantine know where she is?"