A feeling for time, the consciousness of its slow or rapid passage, is one of the most deceptive conceptions of mankind. That's why people sometimes say "I lived a lifetime during that one evening." And that's exactly how Molly feels this very evening. She's sitting beside Birdy at the Lastenbury civic association meeting, and at any moment she may be nominated for council woman of the town. In the past few hours, Ed Reynolds and his ex-fiance Elizabeth Neal have disappeared, and this has completely upset the original plans of the meeting, and only the minor matters on the agenda have been talked over...