"Will you please be so very kind, Mrs. Kaufman," Margaret called across the space between the two windows, when Mrs. Kaufman had raised hers, "as to 'phone for a taxicab for me at once. I have to hurry down to Mr. Leitzel's office. I shall be so much obliged, and I'm very sorry to trouble you at breakfast."
"We're just done, Mrs. Leitzel, and I'll be very glad to oblige you. Nothing wrong, I hope?"
"No, but I must get to the office as quickly as I can. Will you please tell them to hurry with the taxicab, Mrs. Kaufman?"
"Yes, of course I will—don't mention it! Your telephone out of order?"
"I can't use it," said Margaret, and with a nod and a smile, she closed the window.
She turned slowly and looked at her sisters-in-law. They, almost leaning upon each other for support, were regarding her as though she were a dangerous lunatic. Without a word, she went past them and upstairs to get her wraps. When she came down five minutes later the taxicab was at the door and Jennie was at the 'phone calling up Daniel's office.
Margaret found, however, that the front door was now unlocked. They evidently felt too uncertain of her to try her any further.
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Margaret wondered whether, if Jennie succeeded in warning Daniel of her coming, he would again contrive to prevent Catherine's seeing her.