‘Oh, that’s all right, that’s all right! He’ll think we gave the telegram to the hotel people, and that they——’
‘Why, certainly! Why didn’t you do that? There was no other rational way.’
‘Yes, I know, but then I had it on my mind that I must be sure and get to the bank and draw some money——’
‘Well, you are entitled to some credit, after all, for thinking of that, and I don’t wish to be too hard on you, though you must acknowledge yourself that you have cost us all a good deal of trouble, and some of it not necessary. How much did you draw?’
‘Well, I—I had an idea that—that——’
‘That what?’
‘That—well, it seems to me that in the circumstances—so many of us, you know, and—and——’
‘What are you mooning about? Do turn your face this way and let me——Why, you haven’t drawn any money!’
‘Well, the banker said——’
‘Never mind what the banker said. You must have had a reason of your own. Not a reason, exactly, but something which——’