Chapter 12

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​⁠Forbes had planned to visit the Army and Navy Club, in which he held a membership, but now he preferred to lunch alone—yet not alone, for he was entertaining a guest.

The head waiter could not see her when Forbes presented himself at the door of the Knickerbocker cafe. And when he pulled out the little table to admit Forbes to a seat on the long wall-divan that encircles the room, the head waiter t