The telephone bell was ringing.
"Nice time to be calling folks out of bed," he grumbled, as he went into the hall.

The next moment he heard Deborah's voice.

It was clear and sharp with a note of alarm.
"Father--it's I! You must come to Edith's apartment at once! Bruce is hurt badly! Come at once!" When Roger reached the apartment, it was Deborah who opened the door.

Her face had changed, it was drawn and gray.

She took him into the living room.
"Tell me," he said harshly.
"It was just outside the theater.