Betty promptly stepped in and whisked her off to the hospital.
It was on the morning on which Randall interviewed me in the garden, the morning after he had broken with Gedge that Phyllis, having a little off-time, went home.

She found her father in the office making out a few bills.

He thrust forward his long chin and aggressive beard and scowled at her.
"Oh, it's you, is it?
Come at last where your duty calls you, eh ?" "I always come when I can, father," she replied.
She bent down and kissed his cheek.

He caught her roughly round the waist and, leaning back in his chair, looked up at her sourly.
"How long are you going on defying me like this ?" She tried to disengage herself, but his arm was too strong.

"Oh, father," she said, rather wearily, "don't let us go over this old argument again." "But suppose I find some new argument?
Suppose I send you packing altogether, refuse to contribute further to your support.