Anna, with heaving bosom and overflowing eyes, turned her head away from her and looked out of the window.
“You asked me just now where we were going next. You heard me tell the cabman to drive to the Telegraph Office. I must send off two telegrams to Southampton. I cannot wait the slow motions of the mails. One I shall send to Alick, directed at a venture to the ‘Dolphin.’ The other I must send to uncle; but you must tell me where to direct that, as I do not know his address,” said Drusilla.
“Dick told me, in any sudden emergency that might require his or grandpa’s presence, to direct to them at the ‘International,’” replied Anna.
“Very well; we will telegraph there.”
At this moment the cab stopped before the Telegraph Office.
The office of course was full of people, and Anna and Drusilla had to wait their turn.
While standing at the counter, Drusilla borrowed pen, ink and paper from one of the clerks, and wrote her two messages. The first, addressed to her husband, ran thus:
“Little Lenny was stolen from his nurse, by two men, this afternoon, in the Strand, and has not yet been recovered.
Drusilla.”
She submitted this to the examination of Anna, saying: