“Well?”
“The courier to Pocket City has returned.”
“Ah! and he found the one to whom I sent that letter?”
“Yes, he overtook her on her way East.”
“On her way East?” The man spoke with an anxiety of look and tone which Nina de Sutro could not but observe.
“Yes.”
“Then she sent no answer to my letter?”
“She did.”
“Ha! and that answer was——”
“‘I will.’”