"I knew all that was happening," he said quickly, with a reassuring smile at Treasure. "Mr. Smelton telephoned that he helped you to the side of the road—that was the first we knew of it. And a little later some one else—I did not just get the name—but he telephoned that he was giving you some tea, and you were quite safe, and he was going to bring you home."
"It was that Curious Cat— You know, Doris, the one who made the Corduroy Crab be good to us—"
"The Curious Cat? Oh, father, what was his name?" cried Doris, leaning way over the table in her eagerness.
"It sounded like—Saunders—something like Saunders—"
"Saunders, nothing," cried Zee. "Saunders is the Corduroy Crab—we heard that. Oh, it must have been him who phoned—"
"He."
"Yes, he. Because the Curious Cat was not away long enough—he just left a minute—to see about the horse."
"And then he told Saunders to telephone—"