CHAPTER XIII

Group Master 4 § I Downstairs, in the big, square room known as the Persian lobby because of its decoration scheme, the other members of the household were panic-stricken. Stopford reached the stairfoot first, Regan close behind him. Roscoe and Page Sutton could be seen above, running along the oaken gallery with its drapings of rare carpets. Dr. Cross, June Sutton’s friend, was standing by a Victrola, a disk in his hand. He had clearly been interrupted in the act of placing it on …