CHAPTER XVIII

IN THE LOCKED LIBRARY (_Wednesday, December 1; 1 p. m._) Vance, contrary to his custom, rose early the next morning. He was rather waspish, and I left him severely alone. He made several desultory attempts at reading, and once, when he put his book down, I glanced at the title,—he had chosen a life of Genghis Khan! Later in the forenoon he attempted to busy himself with cataloguing his Chinese prints. We were to have lunch with Markham at the Lawyers Club at one o’clock, and at a little after twe…