Chapter 45

"Oh, yes!" cried Mme. Storey. "Better than anything. But I should never have ventured to propose such a thing." "It will be all right," he said; "the old lady would be scandalized, of course, but she is safe in Hot Springs, or wherever she is. You do not want to waste any time, I take it. Make it to-morrow night." "How can I ever thank you sufficiently!" she cried. "Pooh!" he said, "the shoe is on the other foot, my dear. I shall be eternally grateful to you for the experience.... There is one thing I would l…