AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN Virginia's reply to Miss Nunn's letter brought another note next morning--Saturday.

It was to request a call from the sisters that same afternoon.
Alice, unfortunately, would not be able to leave home.

Her disorder had become a feverish cold--caught, doubtless, between open window and door whilst the bedroom was being aired for breakfast.

She lay in bed, and her sister administered remedies of the chemist's advising.
But she insisted on Virginia leaving her in the afternoon.

Miss Nunn might have something of importance to tell or to suggest.