said Fanny. She said it softly and fiercely, leaning forward in a listening attitude. Ben, who had not been making a sound, followed directions simply by continuing to do what he had been doing, which was nothing. Fanny got up and, having removed her shoes some time before for greater comfort, padded swiftly through the darkened living room to the hall door, where she laid an ear against the panel. Then, straightening with a ladylike curse, she returned to the bedroom as silently as she had come. “Just as I suspected!” Fan said. “They have sneaked into Jay’s apartment without making the least effort to let me know.” “Perhaps, on the contrary,” said Ben, “they made an effort to keep you from knowing.” “I shouldn’t be surprised. In any event, it’s a dirty trick. They know very well that I have been waiting and waiting to hear what happened at police headquarters.” “What surprises me is that you even heard them come in. I was just as alert as you were, arid I didn’t hear a sound.”
