Chapter 22

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌⁠The next thing the Stirlings heard was that Valancy had been seen with Barney Snaith in a movie theatre in Port Lawrence and after it at supper in a Chinese restaurant there. This was quite true—and no one was more surprised at it than Valancy herself. Barney had come along in Lady Jane one dim twilight and told Valancy unceremoniously if she wanted a drive to hop in.

“I’m going to the Port. Will y