And as I pointed out to her when she fetched me up, she found this box locked when she went to it--why didn't the thieves carry it bodily away?
Why--" "Just so--just so!" broke in Fullaway.

"I quite appreciate your points.
But there is more in this than meets the first glance.

Let us get Mademoiselle off to her engagement, I say--that's the first thing.

Then we can do business.

Weiss," he continued, drawing the concert-director aside, "you must arrange to let her appear as soon as possible after you get back to the hall, and to put forward her appearance in the second half of your program, so that she can return here as soon as possible--she'll only be in irrepressible fidgets until she knows what's been done.