Mother has gone to Manchester." "To Manchester ?" retorted Loftus.

"My mother away from home! Did she know that I was coming ?" "Yes," answered Kate, "I told her about your letter last night." "Did you show her my letter ?" "No." "Why didn't you?
If she had read it she wouldn't have gone.

I said I was in a scrape.

I was coming down on purpose to see the mater.

You might have sent me a wire to say she would not be at home, or you might have kept her at home by showing her my letter.