He distinctly heard her catch her breath.

After a moment she went on warily: "Is it from a man named Hobart ?" "No! It's from Odell-Carney.

Hobart?
I don't know anybody named Hobart." (How was he to know that Hobart was the name that Medcroft had chosen for correspondence purposes ?) "We're to meet the Odell-Carneys to-day in Munich.

No time to be lost.

We've got to catch the nine o'clock train." "Oh!" came in great relief from the other side of the door.