And even over the wire his voice was faint with anxiety and apprehension.
"What on earth has happened?"
"Don't ask! You never know—"
"I'll come at once. Are you there, Raffles?"
"What's that?"
"Are you there, man?"
"Ye—e—es."
"At the Albany?"
"No, no; at Maguire's."
"You never said so. And where's Maguire?"