"Sure! She'll catch the first train."
"No. She won't do that. She thinks of her mother before everything. But the ball's not till to-morrow. Angel won't need the pearls till then. Oh, if I could be sure she'll get them! I can't rest till I'm sure. I must go to Newport. I must."
"When you're strong enough."
"I'm strong enough now. Is it late?"
"Getting on toward evening. You were a long time coming to yourself. Presently the doctor will say whether you can be moved to-night to that nursing home."
"If I can be moved to a nursing home I can be moved to Newport. Tell the doctor I shall burst if I can't go."
"You may tell him yourself."
"I must go. I must know if all goes right with the pearls. I must know if it's better or worse for Angel that Stephen's dead."
"Stephen's dead!"
"Yes. Did you know him?"