“Is he on the telephone now?” she asked, quickly. “Where did he telephone from?”

But it appeared that Jadwin had hung up without mentioning his whereabouts.

“The buggy came home,” said the servant. “ Mr. Jadwin told Jarvis not to wait. He said he would come in the street cars.”

Laura reflected that she could delay dinner a half hour, and gave orders to that effect.

“We shall have to wait a little,” she explained to Corthell as they exchanged greetings in the drawing-room. “Curtis has some special business on hand today, and is half an hour late.”