Chapter 30

Her not going immediately to sleep was, however, not wholly due to recollections of David MacRoss. When she opened the door into the Cheneys' apartment with her key she found a gay Sunday-night party going on. She tried to slip into her own room but her brother-in-law, Kendall Cheney, caught her in the act. He was coming somewhat unsteadily down the foyer with a bottle of gin in one hand and a cocktail shaker in the other. He was decidedly care-free of spirit. "Hi, there, Ross! Just in time." "Hush! I'm going to be…