Chapter 20: The End of a Perfect Day

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌⁠"Daggers and dirks!" exclaimed Sherry, weakly sitting down on the car step when it was finally borne in upon him that Katherine's highwayman was none other than Sylvia's father, Hercules' "Marse Tad," the man for whom he and Hercules had been futilely fine-combing the earth for the last twenty-four hours.

"Am I awake?" he continued, "or is this all an opium dream? First Katherine, whom we thought a