The next morning, when Aldous joined the engineer in the dining-room below, he was disappointed to find the breakfast table prepared for two instead of four.

It was evident that Peggy Blackton and Joanne were not going to interrupt their beauty nap on their account.
Blackton saw his friend's inquiring look, and chuckled.
"Guess we'll have to get along without 'em this morning, old man.

Lord bless me, did you hear them last night--after you went to bed ?" "No." "You were too far away," chuckled Blackton again, "I was in the room across the hall from them.

You see, old man, Peggy sometimes gets fairly starved for the right sort of company up here, and last night they didn't go to bed until after twelve o'clock.

I looked at my watch.