"No—only talked with him over the telephone."
"He hasn't heard of Amherst's return?"
"He didn't mention it."
"The evening papers will likely have it."
"I suppose so—I didn't know of it until I came up here—where it's the event of the day."
"You can't much blame them—knowing all the circumstances and the parties as club-mates do."
"What do you think Lorraine will do—anything?" asked Cameron.
Pendleton carefully knocked the ashes from his cigarette and studied the bare coal a moment.
"I think," said he slowly, "that it would be just as well for Amherst to keep out of Lorraine's way."