CHAPTER XXXVI THE KEEPER OF DREAMS

Nicolette had received, in answer to her two SOS telegrams, the affirmative replies she had anticipated. Neil and Shirley were both people who could be depended upon to respond to any emergency call, and the latter duly arrived at Errishall Mansions the following day. “I felt I couldn’t stick being alone just now,” Nicolette explained, when she had confided Binton Watts’s ultimatum to her. “Did you mind coming up all in a hurry?” “Of course not,” Shirley assured her. “I’m very glad you sent for me. It must have bee…