I'll come--er--at once." The telephone enables one to procure a cab in a short time.

Yet, to Heman Atkins, that cab was years in coming.

He paced the library floor, his hand to his forehead and his brain whirling.

It couldn't be! It must be a coincidence! He had been an idiot to display his agitation and surrender so weakly.

And yet--and yet-- The ride through the storm to the Regent Hotel gave him opportunity for more thought.