“That such a test is necessary? I don't know that it is, either. But we'll have it.”
He walked from the room and they heard him ascending the stairs. Captain Obed swore aloud. Heman Daniels laughed.
CHAPTER XI
The next morning the captain was an early caller. Breakfast at the High Cliff House was scarcely over when he knocked at the kitchen door. Imogene opened the door.
“Mr. Kendrick ain't here,” she said, in answer to the caller's question. “He's gone.”
“Gone? So early? Where's he gone; down to his office?”
“I don't know. He's gone, that's all I do know. He didn't stop for any breakfast either.”
“Humph! That's funny. Where's Mrs. Thankful?”
“She's up in Miss Emily's room. Miss Emily didn't come down to breakfast neither. I'll tell Mrs. Barnes you're here.”