THE LONG SLEEP The amazing incident which cut so sharply into these tangled lives occurred the next morning at Rackham Park.

Some of the house party straggled down to a late breakfast, others did not descend at all.

Harry Luttrell joined Millie Splay upon the stairs and stopped her before she entered the breakfast-room.
"I should like to slip away this morning, Lady Splay," he said.

"My servant is packing now." Millie Splay looked at him in dismay.
"Oh, I am so sorry," she said.

"I was hoping that this morning you and Joan would have something to say to me." "I did too," replied Harry with a wry smile.