“But if that is all the information you have—that in your father’s letter——”
“It is not,” Dorothy admitted. “A letter was found at my door. It was evidently intended that I should find it. This letter said—father was—threatened with—arrest!”
“Arrest! Impossible! What could he have done to deserve such an indignity?”
Dorothy drew her hand across her eyes, but did not reply.
“To whom was the letter addressed?” asked Mrs. Pangborn.
“To Miss Faval,” replied Dorothy, “and I should not have looked at it except—I overheard—a remark. Then I knew it contained some serious news.”
“Who has that letter now?”
“I have it. I could not return it to her. I could not risk having it shown to anyone else.”
“Will you go and bring it to me? I must see about this. What could Miss Faval know of your family affairs?”
“I cannot tell,” replied Dorothy. “But she seems to know a great deal. Tavia first found an envelope with the name of father’s company on the corner. Then—this comes.”