But--wait one moment tell me, did Quarrier know that Mrs.Mortimer was to stop with Miss Landis ?" "Wait a moment.

Hold the wire." He opened the door of the booth and saw Sylvia waiting for him, seated by the operator's desk.

She rose at once when she saw he wished to speak with her.
"Tell me something," he said in a low voice; "did Mr.Quarrier know that Leila was to stay overnight with you ?" "Yes," she answered quietly, surprised.

"Why ?" Siward nodded vaguely, closed the door again, and said to Plank: "Yes, Quarrier knows it.

Do you think he'll be there to-night?
I don't suppose Miss Landis and Mrs.Mortimer know he is in town." Plank's troubled voice came back over the wire: "I don't know.