As for poor Brent, he simply stood there, swaying from side to
side and smiling foolishly.
Eva heard the commotion and came running down the stairs. She was amazed
until Locke explained the situation to her. Then her indignation knew no
bounds. Putting her arms around her father, she turned to Zita.
"How dare you?" she demanded, scathingly. "For doing this you will leave
this house immediately and--never return."
Zita, for a moment, was on the verge of breaking down, but recovered
herself and, with an angry retort on her lips, went out, slamming the
door behind her.
Zita slipped around the house and to the hedge designated by Balcom as
their meeting-place.
She was surprised but relieved when she did not find him there, and
glanced at her wrist watch, which stood at a few minutes past eight. She
was about to turn around when she caught sight of a bit of paper. Taking
it, she read:
Bring him to my rooms.
That was all, and the message was unsigned.
Zita greatly feared Balcom's wrath at her failure, but, nevertheless,
she started for his apartment.
At that moment Balcom and the mysterious Doctor Q were talking in the
latter's dingy laboratory.
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