“Oh, I was sure she would relent. And she could see to-day what company means to a young girl.”
She ran away to her room to change her frock, for she had no intention of incurring Tay’s wrath again. But as she was about to open her door she saw Denny coming down the corridor waving two cablegrams.
“Oh, dear!” she thought. “Is this a summons? Well, thank heaven I can’t get away for a fortnight yet.”
She took the cablegrams, half resolved, as she closed her door, not to open them until her return. But of course she did nothing of the sort, and read them promptly.
The first was from Ishbel:—
“All serene. Stay as long as you like.”
The second was from the duke:—
“Harold died this morning.”
“And he knows,” thought Julia, with instant conviction. “That is what brought him here.”