"You think there's something about the portieres—" I began.
Then I saw that Kennedy had his connection, that something disturbed him, that some intelligence from the other end had caught him by surprise.
"You say you were just trying to get me, Mackay? You've something to tell me and you want me to come right out—you have summoned Phelps and he's on his way from the city also—?"
"What happened?" I asked, as Kennedy hung up.
"I don't know, Walter. Mackay said he didn't want to talk over the phone and that we had just time to catch the express."
"But—"
"Hurry!" He glanced about as if wondering whether any of his scientific instruments would help him.
XI
FORESTALLED
On the train Kennedy left me, to look through the other cars, having the idea that Phelps might be aboard also. But there were no signs of the banker. We would reach Tarrytown first unless he had chosen to motor out.