'Yes, there will be plenty of time. Of course, the sooner we get the money away the better.'
'I shall return shortly after lunch. Perhaps you will then have heard from Mr. Kenyon. If anything comes sooner, will you send me a telegram? Here is my address.'
'I will do that,' said Wentworth, as he bade her good-bye.
As soon as lunch was over, Miss Longworth, with her cheque-book, again visited Wentworth's office. When she entered he shook his head.
'No news yet,' he said.
'This is terrible,' she answered; 'suppose he has left Ottawa and started for home?'
'I do not think he would do that. Still, I imagine he would think there was no reason for staying in Ottawa. Nevertheless, I know Kenyon well enough to believe that he will wait there till the last minute of the option has expired, in the hope that something may happen. He knows, of course, that I shall be doing everything I can in London, and he may have a faint expectation that I shall be able to accomplish something.'
'It would be useless to cable again?'
'Quite. If that message does not reach him, none will.'
As he was speaking, a boy entered the room with a telegram in his hand. Its contents were short and to the point: