"Yes," answered Stella Corbin.
"Why?"
At this question the girl appeared to stiffen; it seemed as though a curt rejoinder was upon her tongue. But, then, she changed her mind.
"There is an errand that I desired him to do," she replied, meekly enough.
The gray eyes searched her face from beneath the craggy brows; the thin lips were set in their hard, straight line.
"There will be no more trains back to-night," she said. "He cannot return before morning."
"I know," replied the girl.
"Can the matter not wait until then?"
Stella Corbin arose.
"That I wish him to go to-night should be enough," she said, coldly. Then turning to the young Pole, she added, "You remember my instructions?"