But the note she must write at once.

In agitation which would scarcely allow her to reflect, she left the office and sought a small shop where she could procure note-paper.

On her way she devised a plan for meeting.

In the shop where she made her purchase, she was permitted also to write the note.

Having stamped the envelope, she returned to the post-office, and, to make sure that no delay might disappoint Wilfrid, gave the letter into the hands of a clerk, who promised, with a smile, that it should at once be put into the right place.