Her companion was Captain Vane Thesel, in citizen's garb, well-built, ruddy-faced, with tiny curled moustache.
"Hurry, kid," he said, breathlessly, as he pulled at her.

"We'll run down and take a spin." "Spiffy! But let's wait till after the next," she replied.

"It's Harold's and I came with him." "Tell him it was up to him to find you." "But he might get wise to a car ride." "He'd do the same.

Come on," returned Thesel, who all the time was leading her down the stairway step by step.
They disappeared.

From the open window Lane saw them go down the street and get into a car and ride away.