CHAPTER VI

A FOUR-HOUR ERRAND (_Friday, July 13; 1.15 p. m._) Scarlett’s eyes followed her with a troubled, sympathetic look. “Poor girl!” he commented, with a sigh. “You know, Vance, she was devoted to Kyle—her father and Kyle were great cronies. When old Abercrombie died Kyle cared for her as though she’d been his daughter. . . . This affair is a terrible blow to her.” “One can well understand that,” Vance murmured perfunctorily. “But she has Hani to console her. . . . By the by, doctor, your Egyptian se…