"At four o'clock."
"Then I can see Miss Thomasina before you go."
"It is after two now."
"But I must, father!"
Dr. Lister had never so loathed managing other people.
"You'll be back before I start?"
"Yes."
Richard flew across the campus and down the street. His father often made trips away in the interest of the college, but he did not often go so suddenly. Richard remembered that his mother had planned to accompany him to Pittsburgh. Was he going to Pittsburgh now? Why didn't she go too? Was she staying at home to watch him?
Miss Thomasina, he heard from Amelia, had gone away. Now he could see Eleanor. Then he groaned. He could not rush in upon her and off! Turning homeward he found his father completing his preparations for departure.