"No double feature?" Mogin said.
"No double feature. We'll visit this third party and if we strike out we'd better leave town for a few days to avoid a lot of aggravation. See what I mean?"
"I see what you mean," Mogin said. "Who do we see now?"
"We see Daisy Hennifer, the jewelry designer," Frey said. "We go to the Vanderbilt Hotel."
They faked a story that they were representatives of a big Manhattan lapidary. That got them up to Daisy Hennifer's suite. It was topaz yellow, ceiling, walls, rugs and furniture—all topaz yellow. Daisy had on a topaz yellow gown and she had topaz yellow hair.
"You won't be able to stay long, gentlemen," she said. "I've a cocktail engagement at hof post threh—"
"What's that again?" Mogin said.
"Skip it," Frey said.
Daisy was frowning.