A girl at her left laughed disagreeably, and several men stared with boldly admiring eyes; but to them, too, Billy paid no heed.

Then, halfway across the room she spied Bertram and Seaver sitting together at a small table alone.
Simultaneously her own and Bertram's eyes met.
With a sharp word under his breath Bertram sprang to his feet.

His befogged brain had cleared suddenly under the shock of Billy's presence.
"Billy, for Heaven's sake what are you doing here ?" he demanded in a low voice, as he reached her side.
"I came for you.

I want you to go home with me, please, Mr.Bertram," whispered Billy, pleadingly.
The man had not waited for an answer to his question.

With a deft touch he had turned Billy toward the door; and even as she finished her sentence she found herself in the marble hallway confronting Pete, pallid-faced, and shaking.
"And you, too, Pete! Great Scott! what does this mean ?" he exploded angrily.
Pete could only shake his head and glance imploringly at Billy.