Would it upset her father very greatly, she wondered?
But surely he would not think badly of her for making a way of escape for herself.

He had been powerless to deliver her.

Surely, surely he would understand! The cab jolted to a standstill, and out of the darkness came an eager, boyish voice, bidding her welcome.

An impetuous hand wrenched open the door, and she and Jerry were face to face.
She never recalled afterwards crossing the threshold of his little abode.
She was numbed and weary in mind and body.

But she found herself at length seated before a bright fire, with a cup of steaming tea in her hand, and Jerry hovering about her in high delight; and the comfort of his welcome revived her at length to an active realization of her surroundings.
Clearly the adventure, mad, lawless as it undoubtedly was, was nothing but a picnic to him.