"That is so. I did not remember that this was Saturday."
"Moreover, if you were to take the train, very likely he would have left by the time you could reach the city. Better possess your soul in patience, Mr. Jeffreys, and wait till he gets back."
"I have been patient for some time," he responded quietly.
"To be sure, you have; so that twenty-four hours longer will not seem impossible. It certainly is a curious coincidence, though doubtless there are other steamer trunks bearing the initials J. S. D."
"Yes, I admit that; and how mine could have found its way to the express office is another puzzle."
"I shouldn't bother much about the how, if you discover that it really did reach there."
There was a pause for a moment, then Linda said: "You haven't told Aunt Ri your secret yet, cousin."
Miss Ri wheeled around in her chair. "Cousin! What are you talking about, Verlinda Talbot?"
"Our great-grandfathers were brothers, Miss Hill," said Mr. Jeffreys. "It doesn't give a very near relationship, I admit, but there it is and we are of the same blood."