"I can assure you," I said, "that there has been nothing in the nature of
a quarrel between Miss Van Hoyt and myself."
She raised her eyebrows.
"Then why," she asked, "has Adele gone away at a moment's notice?"
"Gone away!" I repeated incredulously.
"Is it really possible that you did not know?" Mrs. Van Reinberg asked.
"She left just as we went in to the meeting. Mr. Stern's automobile is
taking her to the depot."
"I had not the slightest idea of it," I declared. "Do you mean that she
is not coming back?"
"Not at present, at any rate," Mrs. Van Reinberg declared. "You mean to
tell me, Mr. Courage, that you have not quarrelled, and you did not know
that she was going?"
"I had no idea of it," I said, "and I am quite certain that we have not
quarrelled."
Mrs. Van Reinberg looked as though she found my statement hard to
believe.
"You had better go to your room," she suggested, "and see if there is not
a note for you! She must have a reason for going. She would tell me
nothing; but I took it for granted that you were connected with it.
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