"Yes," rejoined Katrine, "but I should have fancied he would have had some one that was—Well, some one with a professional experience, you know."
"If the idea struck him he didn't mention it," put in Jack. "If it occurred to him after we left, I can't tell, as I haven't heard from him."
"Haven't heard from him!" exclaimed Mrs. Fairhew in mild surprise. "Haven't you been to your bankers?"
"Haven't been anywhere except at this hotel," Jack returned sturdily; and then added: "It was after bank hours when we came ashore."
"Of course you cabled him your arrival?"
"Mercy! I might have done that, mightn't I? Upon my word, it never occurred to me."
"Thoughtful of you," Katrine commented demurely.
"Well, I did get some letters ready to send to him," Jack protested, while Jerry grinned broadly.
"Got them ready! How like a man!" laughed Mrs. Fairhew. "A woman would have had them ready before she saw land, and had them mailed by the time the anchor was down."