"I should be most happy to meet any friends of yours," she answered, smiling.
"You'll find them true Australian girls, and I venture to say you will be good friends."
"Well, I shall be at home all this afternoon."
"If I can, then, I'll bring them to you," said Reg, taking his leave, and setting out at once for Blue Gums. His arrival alone caused some enquiries.
"Where's Mr. Winter?" asked Hil.
"He's gone to Toowoomba."
"Toowoomba! What for?"
"Well, to tell the truth, we are not satisfied that Wyck is really dead, and Hal has gone to enquire at the hotel he stopped at and interview Bill Adams; but mind, to anyone else, he has gone to Albury for a couple of days."
"Do you know," asked May, "that Mr. Philamore has lately been in Queensland?"