Midnight
To the Hotel Wilfer Zizi went , and learned there was no John Harrison there , but a very few inquiries proved to her astute intellect that the Louis Bartram , who was the only guest registered at that time on that afternoon , was in all probability the man she sought . At any rate there was no harm in trying . She asked for an interview , and was connected with Mr. Bartram 's rooms by telephone . `` I want to see you again , '' she said , in response to his Hello , -- `` Let me come up , Mr. Midnight Visitor , please . '' Partly the pleading voice , partly the fact that Peter was eager for new developments in his devious course , and partly a sudden recollection of the girl he had seen in his father 's library , brought about a cordial invitation to `` come along . '' And Zizi exultantly went , hoping against hope that she was on her way to learn something of real importance . For so many hopeful openings had proved blind alleys , so many bright prospects of success had dimmed on nearer view , that Zizi had begun to lose heart , and this seemed to her perhaps a last chance .