"
Simmonds followed him up the ladder without a word, and I came along
behind. We were soon on the limb.
"Of course," Godfrey added, when we were in place, "it is just
possible that nothing will happen. But I think the show will come off
as usual. Look straight out over the trees, Simmonds--ah!"
High in the heavens that strange star sprang suddenly into being,
glowed, brightened, burned steel-blue; then slowly and slowly it
floated down, straight down; hovered, burst into a thousand sparks....
And, scarcely able to believe my eyes, I saw standing there against
the night two white-robed figures, with arms extended and faces
raised; and then they vanished again into the darkness.
For an instant we sat there silent, still staring. Then Godfrey drew a
deep breath.
"I feared so!" he said. "Miss Vaughan has become a convert!"
And he led the way down the ladder.
CHAPTER XX
CHECKMATE!
I was honestly glad to get back to the office, next morning, for I
felt the need of work--absorbing work--to take my mind off the problem
of Worthington Vaughan's death, and especially to relieve me from the
depression into which his daughter's inexplicable conduct had plunged
me.
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