"She's scared, that's all." He prodded
her with his foot, but she did not move, and Herman bent down with
his candle.
He straightened.
"Bring her in," he said, and led the way into the house. When
Rudolph staggered in, with Anna in his arms, he found Herman waiting
and fingering the leather strap.
CHAPTER XXXVI
Audrey had found something to do at last. It was Captain Sloane who
had given her the idea.
"You would make a great hit, Audrey," he had said. "It's your
voice, you know. There's something about it - well, you know the
effect it always has on me. No? All right, I'll be good."
But she had carried the idea home with her, and had proceeded, with
her customary decision, to act on it.
Then, one day in May, she was surprised by a visit from Delight
Haverford. She had come home, tired and rather depressed, to find
the Haverford car at the door, and Delight waiting for her in her
sitting-room.
Audrey's acquaintance with Delight had been rather fragmentary, but
it had covered a long stretch of time.
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