“I’m glad she caught it, anyway,” replied Brecky. “It’s a case of serious illness. I told her to hurry along, and I’d follow as soon as I could.”
“Your phone out of order?” asked the agent.
“Yes,” said the quick-witted Brecky. “Did she telephone here?”
“Yep—said to meet the train when it got to the station.”
“I wonder who she got on the phone!” said Brecky. “Probably her aunt or her cousin.”
Splendid improvisation, for Kathleen hadn’t a single relative in the city, to his knowledge!
“It just happens I heard the name,” said the agent. “‘Charley,’ she says, ‘I’m coming in unexpected, and you must come and meet me!’”
“I didn’t know Charley was in New York,” said Brecky thoughtfully.
“She didn’t phone New York,” said the agent. “I just happened to hear. It was New Chelsea.”
“I see!” said Brecky.