“How did you know?”
“I guessed. I have been trying to do it all day, but I hadn’t the pluck. Well?”
“I’m afraid things are about as bad as they can be. A Mr. Meadows spoke to me. He was very gloomy. He told me a lot of things which I couldn’t follow, details of what had happened, but I understood all that was necessary, I’m afraid——”
“Bailey’s ruined?” said Sybil quietly.
“Mr. Meadows seemed to think so. He may have exaggerated.”
Sybil shook her head.
“No. Bailey was talking to me upstairs. I expected it.”
There was a long silence.
“Ruth.”
“Yes?”