“You’ll be getting an answer to your second message soon,” said Ben Godfrey.
“I daresay Peter thought he’d have his dinner first,” continued Doris—“I expect he thought it didn’t matter and he could come round afterwards.”
“I don’t think that’s in the least likely,” said Mary.
“Then why doesn’t he come?—he can’t be out at this hour.”
“He must be out—or he would have come.”
“It’s not so very late,” said Jenny, “only just after nine.”
“He may have gone out to dinner somewhere,” said Rose.
“Yes, that’s quite possible,” said Jenny—“he may have gone somewhere on business and been asked to stay—or he may have met someone when he was out.”
“I’ve a strong feeling that it mightn’t be a bad plan to ’phone to Stella Mount.”
“But Dr. Mount ’phoned there an hour ago, saying he’d be here all night. She’d have told him then if Peter was there.”