Can you go and tell Pamela to get ready--or Margaret? But he'll want Pamela!' Neither was able to speak for a moment, till Mannering said, 'I'll bring my father to Margaret's, and then I'll go and see after the permits.' He lingered a moment. 'I--I think it means the worst.' Chicksands' gesture was one of despair. Then they hurried away from the War Office together..