"At the Black Rock. I was going to tell the story yesterday at dinner, but it slipped by."
"Do you know anything of this--apparition?"
"I saw it myself, and two others saw it."
"Where do we stop first?"
"At Rugby."
She took a note-book from her pocket, and wrote something in it. When the writing was finished, she tore out the leaf on which it was, and handed the leaf to O'Brien, saying:
"Will you be kind enough to telegraph this from Rugby for me?"
"It will have to be written on a form," he said, hesitatingly.
"Will you oblige by writing it on a form for me? There is no reason why you shouldn't read it."
When he got out at Rugby he read the message. It was addressed to Blake, and ran: