"Yes, and he is most anxious to go. Now I must make arrangements about accommodations on the train, for I want to be off early in the morning, if possible. Wouldn't it be a good idea to telephone Emma Patterson at once, and see if she can be ready to go with you and Marjorie?"
Mrs. Randolph stood for a moment, looking after her brother-in-law as he left the room.
"There is something wrong," she said: "I never saw George so agitated before. I wish I knew what it was, but doctors don't like to be questioned. I hate to have Beverly lose a whole week of college, but if his uncle needs him, I have nothing more to say." And, with a resigned sigh, she went away to telephone to her cousin, Mrs. Patterson.
CHAPTER XXI
UNDINE REMEMBERS
"'A Highland laddie lives over the lea;
A laddie both noble and gallant and free,
Who loved a lassie as noble as he—
A bonnie sweet lassie; the maid of Dundee.'"
Mrs. Graham glanced up from her sewing, with a smile.
"What a sweet voice that child has," she said; "with training I believe she would sing remarkably well."