'Yes,' said Mrs. Wylie simply.
Without further explanation he went towards the door, glancing at Brenda as he passed. Mrs. Wylie followed him.
'We are better without you just now,' she whispered in the passage. 'Write me full particulars, and wait to hear from me before you come back.'
CHAPTER III.
MRS. WYLIE TAKES THE OFFENSIVE.
When Mrs. Wylie returned to the breakfast-room, she found that Brenda was preparing to write. A blank telegram-form lay on the blotting-pad in readiness.
'We must telegraph to Alice,' she said briskly, as she dipped a quill pen into the ink. 'What shall I say?'
Mrs. Wylie noticed the quill pen, and remembered that the girl never used anything but steel.
'Do not be in a hurry,' she urged rather coolly. 'Let us think what is best to be done. Let us have some breakfast.'
'I don't think I want any breakfast.'