"I want to send the cablegram," she said. "I want to take the risk."
"That's all right. So do I."
"It's four and tenpence a word to Melbourne," observed Ted, prosaically. "What shall you say?"
"'Hold on to Rêve d'or shares,' I think," Denis said.
"'Don't sell' would be a word less," Nell suggested. "'Do not,'" Ted amended. "You mustn't put 'don't' in a telegram."
'"Hold on to' is more emphatic," Denis opined.
On the way back Nell said hesitatingly:—
"Denis, do you think it'll frighten them dreadfully to get a cablegram from us?"
"Only for a second, and it can't be helped, worse luck!"
"We won't tell Molly or the Atom, will we?"