Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

TWENTY-THREE AND A HALF HOURS’ LEAVE
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART

IN THE ELEVATOR SHE SAID OUT OF A CLEAR SKY: “YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT RAINCOAT OFF, OF COURSE.”
TWENTY-THREE AND A HALF HOURS’ LEAVE
BY
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
AUTHOR OF “K,” “BAB,” “THE AMAZING INTERLUDE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
MAY WILSON PRESTON

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1918,
By George H. Doran Company
Copyright, 1918,
By The Curtis Publishing Company
Printed in the United States of America