“Philip.”
But he gave no address. Phyllis must have sailed before more was told.
CHAPTER XXXVI
COLONEL LANE APOLOGIZES
It was Mrs. Barrimore who opened Philip’s telegram, for Colonel Lane was quite prostrated.
“What is it?” demanded Uncle Robert excitedly, as his sister kept her eyes glued to the paper.
“Phyllis is all right,” she said hysterically.
“Who sends the wire?” was the next question.
“Philip,” she answered, scarcely audibly.
“Then it is true,” pronounced Uncle Robert. “How are we to tell him?” (He referred to Colonel Lane, who was lying down in the drawing-room. They were in the dining-room.)
“He will know she is safe. That will lessen the other—blow,” said Mrs. Barrimore.