"Miss Sylvia?" she said.
"That's her," said Jim, warming his coat tails at the radiator.
I could see Anne was awful surprised and was trying to hide it.
"Who was she with?" she asked.
"No one. She went up alone and said she was going to be away for a few days. Where's she going?"
Anne gave me a look that said, "Keep your mouth shut," and turned quiet and innocent to Jim. "Just for a visit to friends. She's always visiting people in New York and Philadelphia."
Jim stayed round a while gabbing with us, and then went back to the station. When the door shut on him we stared at each other with our eyes as round as marbles.
"Oh, Molly," Anne said, almost in a whisper, "it's just what I've been afraid of."
"You think she's lighting out?"
"Yes—don't you see, the Doctor being at the Dalzells' has given her the chance."