"So am I."
"She ought to have sent us a message. She would, had it been possible. Oh, mother, what or who prevented her?"
"Perhaps she did. Have you asked Scot?"
"No, but if any message had been sent by him he would have told Jepson at once, and Jepson heard our conversation about her absence at the dinner table, yet he made no remark."
"What do you fear?"
"My fear has no form. That is what frightens me. If I knew——"
"You are nervous, Isabel, very nervous. She left home well, and in good spirits."
"I never saw her in better health, or finer spirits."
"Do you not remember, that she once stayed at Colonel Allison's till near midnight, without sending us any message? We were in a fright about her at that time."
"But you commanded her never to do the like again."