“Then he must be reckoned with. Now, Cookie, dear, we must find Rachel. We must! Do you hear? You help me and I bet we’ll get her.”
“But I’ve no idea where she went——”
“Of course you haven’t. But think; has she any friends or relatives nearby?”
“Not one.”
“Are there any trains about the time she left?”
“I don’t know what time she left, but there’s been no train since nine-thirty, and I doubt she was in time for that.”
“She took no luggage?”
“No, I’ll vouch for that.”
“Then she’s likely in the neighborhood. Is there any inn or place she could get a room and board?”
“Oh, land, she hasn’t gone away to stay. She’s scart at something most likely, and she’ll be back by nightfall.”