"I daresay you're right, Chick.

May I take the little roadster, Bill, and whiz over there and bring her back ?" "Go ahead, boy, and good luck to you." But Farnsworth was not at all sanguine as to the bringing back of Azalea.

He knew her, in some ways, far better than Van Reypen did, and he felt sure that when Azalea decided to go away, she would not be easily found.
But Van Reypen started cheerily off and went to the studios.
There he was met by blank disappointment.

Mrs.Bixby was greatly interested in his story, and greatly concerned for Azalea's welfare, but she declared the girl had not come there.
Van Reypen was not quite sure she was telling him the truth, but his deep anxiety so stirred the motherly heart of Mrs.Bixby that she assured him earnestly that her statements were absolutely true, and that she was as anxious to find the missing girl as her friends were.
But she could offer no suggestion as to any way to look, and poor Philip went back, disheartened and disappointed.
All the morning they searched the grounds and the neighbourhood; they ransacked Azalea's belongings in hope of some old letter or clue of some sort.

But nothing gave so much as a hint of anything that could have happened to her, that made her go away.
"I believe it's all your fault, Elise," said Van Reypen, angrily, for his alarm and sorrow made him forget his usual courtesy.