A note to Marta and a shorter one to Jo occupied but a few moments time, but she wrote swiftly and steadily for an hour on a longer one. When she had a bulky package she sealed it and addressed it to Kurt. An explanatory letter to Mrs. Kingdon then followed.
“I’ll have to travel light—a beach comber’s outfit,” she thought as she prepared for departure.
She gave the notes for Jo and Marta to Agatha to be delivered on their return. She had a few moments confidential conversation with Francis, bade the others good-bye and then sped down the road to Westcott’s.
CHAPTER XIII
Agatha came out to the driveway to stop the buckboard and deliver the notes.
Marta read the one handed to her as they drove on to the stables.
“What ’tis, honey,” Jo asked in alarm, as he reined up and turned to her.
There was a wild, distraught look in Marta’s eyes, and her face had suddenly turned very pale.