“Tell him what?” said Fanny.
“Good-bye.” Guy rang off.
“Why don’t you answer me? Tell him what?” Fanny heard footsteps in the hall.
“Well, my dear,” said Douglas Briggs, opening the door, “I feel a good deal better.”
Fanny held her finger at her lips. “’Sh! Guy has something to tell.”
Briggs observed that Guy was waiting for a chance to speak. “News?” he asked, nervously.
Guy nodded. “They say down at the Citizens’ Club that things are looking rather bad.”
Briggs looked steadily at the boy. “Who told you?”
“Farley,” Guy replied.
“Ah!” Briggs sank into a chair. “If Farley is losing courage—! Well, never mind.”