They saw her climb into an ambulance which was drawn up on the grass.
Then Berkley opened the letter that Letty had brought him: "This is just a hurried line to ask you a few questions.

Do you know a soldier named Arthur Wye?
He is serving now as artilleryman in the 10th N.Y.Flying Battery, Captain McDunn.

Are you acquainted with a lieutenant in the 5th Zouaves, named Cortlandt?
I believe he is known to his intimates as Billy or 'Pop' Cortlandt.
Are they trustworthy and reliable men?
Where did you meet Miss Lynden and how long have you known her?
Please answer immediately.
"AILSA PAIGE." Wondering, vaguely uneasy, he read and re-read this note, so unlike Ailsa, so brief, so disturbing in its direct coupling of the people in whose company he had first met Letty Lynden.

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