Chapter 37 Summary

Captain Somerville escorts Archer to the door. Outside in the garage Archer runs into Smith who shows the private detective an empty prescription bottle. The bottle is the one Laurel took from Archer's apartment and Smith discovered it in the trash can of a bathroom off the garage. After searching the bathroom and questioning Smith, Archer determines that Laurel was probably in the house sometime in the last twenty-four hours.

Smith and Archer go into the house where they are met by Elizabeth. Archer tells Elizabeth about the empty bottle and the three of them search the grounds for any other signs of Laurel. When their search turns up nothing, Archer asks Smith about the explosion on Captain Somerville's ship. Smith has little information to offer and the three of them head back to the house. Marian Lennox meets them at the front...