He sighed.
"I wonder if Miss Kezia's effervescing, too! Why do you laugh? I'm thinking of applying to her for an explanation of your state."
Nell bent toward him.
"Ask," she said softly; "after all, it's you—you—you—who did it all! Oh, Ted, dad says he had had an offer for the shares, and had just decided to sell out when he received the cablegram!"
"How'll they be home in a fortnight?" he put in quickly, warding off her gratitude. "Question No. 1."
"Why, mother's quite strong and well now, so she doesn't need the long sea voyage, by sailing vessel now, you see!"
"But I thought the passage was booked—"
"Dad managed to exchange on to a P.&O. boat."
"Ah, now I begin to understand."
"Time you did," Denis remarked. "Your skull must be a foot thick."