Chapter 36 IT LIES WITH ANN

Baird was granted his holiday. He would have taken it, despite consequences, but it was better to have gained it in this way. Dempster, who was a rough but kindly sort, had written: "All right, take the month, but don't you fail me in August. Make the best of it and bring her back with you-we'll welcome her."

Baird had laid the letter down with