"
He raised suddenly a warning finger. There was a knock at the door. The
nurse who answered it came to the bedside.
"The gentleman has stayed long enough," she announced. "He must go now!"
I rose and held out my hand. He held it between his for a moment, and his
eyes sought mine.
"You will come--to-morrow?"
"I will come," I promised. "To-morrow evening."
CHAPTER VII
A TETE-A-TETE DINNER
At about nine o'clock the following morning a note was brought to my room
addressed to me in a lady's handwriting. I tore it open at once. It was,
as I bad expected, from Miss Van Hoyt.
"DEAR MR. COURAGE,--
"I should like to see you for a few minutes at twelve o'clock in the
reading-room.
"Yours sincerely,
"ADELE VAN HOYT."
I wrote a reply immediately:--
"DEAR MISS VAN HOYT,--
"I regret that I am engaged for the day, and have to leave the hotel in
an hour. I shall return about seven o'clock. Could you not dine with me
this evening, either in the hotel or elsewhere?
"Yours sincerely,
"J. HARDROSS COURAGE.
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