"Are you ready, Walter?" he asked.
"Whenever you are," I said, laying aside my writing.
Together we made our way down to the Mendoza apartment which had
been the scene of the near-tragedy the night before. Outside, he
paused for several moments to make inquiries about any suspicious
persons that might have been seen lurking about the neighbourhood.
None of the attendants in the apartment remembered having seen
any, and they were now very alert after the two events, the murder
and the attempted abduction. Not a clue seemed to have been left
by the villain who had been called "Doc."
"How do you feel after your thrilling experience?" greeted Craig
pleasantly, as Juanita admitted us and Inez came forward.
"Oh, Mr. Kennedy," she answered, with a note of sadness in her
tone. "It makes me feel so alone in the world. If it were not for
'Nita--and you, I don't know what I should do."
"Doesn't Mr. Lockwood count?" asked Kennedy observantly.
"Of course--everything," she answered hastily. "But he has to be
away so much on business, and--"
She paused and sighed. I could not help wondering whether, after
all, his explanation of the dagger episode had been enough to
satisfy her.
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