"But something must be done at once!" cried Jim. "If Mather——"
"I understand that he went to Chebasset this morning," remarked Ellis as if indifferently, yet he glanced sidewise upon the young man. "He returned very much disturbed."
"There!" exclaimed Jim. "He has found it out!" Again he clenched his hands with that gesture of despair. Judith felt that something was hanging over him, over her, and in spite of herself drew deeper into the shadow.
"Mather can be quieted," said Ellis, unperturbed. "Come, this is no place for you to carry on like this. Meet me this evening."
"Where?"
"At—some one's house. Half-past nine."
"It must be earlier," returned Jim.
"Then come to the Blanchards; I mean to dine there."
"No," answered Jim, "I can't go there. But promise me to come away early!"