29/42 I ran the elevator up again, and, waiting, was this man with a girl I had never seen before. You understand--I thought it was all right--he told me he was going to meet some one." "Yes--yes. Oh, my God, if I had only thought to leave word not to let her go. How did she look ?" "Her clothes, you mean, Ma'am ?" "No--her face, her eyes!" "Beggin' your pardon, I thought she was--well, er,--acted queer--scared--dazed-like." "You didn't notice which way they went, I suppose!" "No ma'am, I didn't." Constance turned back again into her empty apartment, heart-sick. |