"But, oh, my dear, there is going to be danger—Zeppelins, you know, and all sorts of horrors. We feel as if we couldn't get away soon enough," Miss Harriet chimed in.
"You're sure you won't think better of it?" asked Miss Agatha. "I can assure you that our banker advised us to get away as soon as we could."
"And we came right down to Chichester to hunt you up," Miss Harriet resumed. "We shall be so disappointed not to have you join us; we quite counted on it."
"Do you want to go, daughter?" inquired Mrs. Beltrán, turning to Anita.
"Oh, no, madre, not till we find Pepé," responded Anita without hesitation. "If we go anywhere let it be to Spain."
"No one thinks Spain will be drawn into the war, it is true," Miss Agatha admitted, "but we shall feel safer on the other side of the water." She rose to go.
"Oh, please stay longer," begged Anita. "I want to know all about the people at the pension. How long since you left there?"
"About a month," Miss Harriet told her. "Oh, my dear, there have been quite exciting times. Such a romance; Miss Ralston, you know?"
"And Don Manuel," Miss Agatha came in.
"Of course, Don Manuel; I was coming to him, Agatha," Miss Harriet spoke and then, in duet, the tale was told.