"Oh, I could not bear to see her--yet."
"Then you need not," said Burton promptly, reckless of Rachel's feelings on the subject. "She is only going through the town, and very likely may not leave her car."
"You are not going on with her?" she asked, with sudden alarm.
"Oh, no, indeed!"
Then, as an afterthought, she asked: "Is Philip with her?"
"She didn't say. She doesn't tell me more than she thinks is good for me to know. But I have a bit of news for you. Henry is coming home this morning."
"Oh! How is that?"
"He is under guard, of course. But even so it will be a pleasant change for him. But it is not to be spoken of outside of the house."
She looked puzzled. "That's all I am to know?"
"At present."