Evening star., 1937-07-04
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"Do we go right or left?" asked George
Right, said Doris and smiled
At two thirty, when the Shore Club was
being swept out, Ken and libby still sat duly
at their table. Nobody had put in an appear
ance; not Doris, not Edgar, not George At one
O'Clock, worried, Ken had called the State
Police, only to learn that there had been no
accident reported on any road At two o'clock,
calling again, he had been informed that life,
from the police standpoint, was still calm and
beautiful. No smash-ups. No anything.
Now, at half past two in the morning, Ken
looked unpleasantly at libby and said, Lets
go home'
The house proved dark. Dark and deserted.
libby fiopped on the couch Ken began walking
around and around. as he had walked around
and around in Grand Central only few hours
before. He stalked. He marched in circles He
stood still and tried to think With no accident
reported on any road it was impossible that
three healthy people could have disappeared
OF the face of the earth. Yet they had
Time passed. libby lurched to her feet, began
stalking, too. MY new gown! My new boy!''
she kept whimpering
1t was another hour before a car wheeled
laboriously into the driveway The porch light
showed it was Georges car But out of it way
cred only Edgar, still neat but not so much so
as earlier in the evening.
Said Edgar, adjusting his eyes to the indoor
lights and then adjusting his tie: George
thought he'd better stay at the hospital
"Hospital?"
Sure - didn't they call you? They said
they'd call you. Somebody said they'd call you.
Oh, yes, the doctor - he said so. He said they'd
call you"
Nobody called anybody"
Edgar dgested this visibly and with some
effort MAYBE it was me that was supposed
to call, he conceded finally Don't think so
though. Anyway. it's nothing Just broken
ankle, that's all. She's all asleep now and -
everything. Entirely comfortable - yes, that's
what they said to say - entirely comfortable"
Ken came forward, gripped Edgar by the
lapels scowled at Edgar fercely. Listen!
Where is she?"
Hospital"
What hospital?"
Edgar pondered, shook his head. Then he
said: Red brick, think. Sort of white and
green inside, or maybe gray Anyway I'm
pretty sure it's red brick. You see, we got lost
ON this road in the woods and she sent George
and me away to look for places and then when
we came back there she was lying in the mud
and she couldn't get up."
MY gown" walled libby. my white satin!'
Muddy" said Edgar "You see it was a
muddy place, all mud And by the way, Ken"
But Ken was at the telephone, barking
numbers
At the first hospital he tried they told him
Doris was there. Yes, it was her ankle She was
resting comfortably, however. Undoubtedly
she was sound asleep. No, he couldn't talk to
her. Not at this time of night. Against the rules.
Ken damned the rules loudly and demanded
immediate converse with the superintendent
or whoever the boss was. For ten minutes he
talked fast and angrily. And so it came about
that ultimately he was connected with Doris
room and Doris herself was on the wire. By
now it was almost five o'clock in the morning.
But Ken didn't care. Neither, appar-
emily, did Doris.
I'm all right, Ken, so don't worry.
It's all taped up and it feels sort of
throbby but don't mind bit. Any
way, Doctor Janvers thinks it s maybe
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