"Why, are you going, too?"
"I hope so."
"I should have thought most of the munition works," she observed, "were further north."
"They are," he acknowledged, "but I have business in Washington. By the bye, will you both come out and dine with me to-night?"
Van Teyl glanced at his sister. She shook her head.
"I am so sorry," she said, "but we are engaged. Perhaps we shall see something of you in Washington."
"I have no doubt you will," Lutchester replied "All the same," he added, "it would give me very great pleasure to entertain you at dinner this evening."
"Why particularly this evening?" she asked.
He looked at her with a queer directness, and Pamela felt certain very excellent resolutions crumbling. She suffered her brother to leave the room without a word.
"Because," he explained, "I think you will find a different atmosphere everywhere. There will be news in the evening papers."