He shook his head. "I'm afraid you can't get to Medicine to-night."
"Oh, but I must."
"They have abandoned Number Six."
"What does that mean?"
"The train will be held here to-night on account of the storm. There will be no train of any kind down before morning; not then if this keeps up."
"Is there danger of a blockade?"
"There is a blockade."
"Then I must get to papa to-night." She spoke with disconcerting firmness.
"May I suggest?" he asked.
"Certainly."