LOUIS INSISTS I arrived at the Ritz to find Louis walking impatiently up and down the stone-flagged pavement outside the entrance.

He came up to me eagerly as I approached.
"I have been waiting for you for more than an hour!" he exclaimed.
I looked at him in some surprise.

I had not yet grown accustomed to hear him speak in such a tone.
"Did I say that I was coming straight back ?" I asked.
"Of course not," he answered.

"After you left, though, I had some trouble with Monsieur Grisson.

There is a chance that we may have to move Tapilow to a hospital, and he is just one of those fools who talk.