She can plead her cause far better than I." Evelyn took the woman's way.

To defend she attacked.
"Dad, dear," she complained, "why didn't you give me your confidence?
If I had had the least notion of the dreadful things that were going on I should certainly have telephoned to Eastbourne before starting.

But don't you see the diabolical cleverness of the scheme?
The telegram arrived just in time to allow me to catch the 1:25 p.m.train, and rendering it idle to think of making a trunk call if I would obey an urgent message from my mother.

Then again, when I reached Eastbourne, why should I suspect a foreign-looking gentleman who said Dr.Sinnett had sent his car to take me to the hotel?
There isn't a Dr.Sinnett in Eastbourne at this date, but how was I to know that?
Of course, both you and I have suffered a good deal, each in a different way, but all is well that ends well, and I shall have such a lot to tell you when we meet tonight....

What time?
I don't know yet.