“And you’re sure they are safe?”
“Of course, darling. What worries you?”
And, as she hesitated, he remembered that she had forgotten to put something into her suitcase and that the chauffeur had driven her back to the house to get it while he himself went into the Gayfield House to telephone Stull.
“What was it you went back for, Rue?” he asked.
“One thing I went back for was my money.”
“Money? What money?”
“Money my grandmother left me. I was to have it when I married—six thousand dollars.”
“You mean you have it in your suitcase?” he asked, astonished.
“Yes, half of it.”
“A cheque?”