What note?... Oh, eight years ago, you mean? Yes.
MONTY
I left it with the woman at the lodgings. As you were coming over that afternoon, I thought it safer than sending a message. And of course I daren’t telegraph. (Janet nods.) I was awfully sick at having to go away like that. All in a moment. Without even saying good-bye. But I had to.
JANET
Of course. Was your mother badly hurt?
MONTY
No. Only stunned. That was such rot. If people get chucked out of a carriage they must expect to get stunned. But of course they couldn’t know. The telegram just said “Mother hurt. Carriage accident. Come at once.” It got to me at the lodgings a couple of hours before you were coming. I had just time to chuck my things into a bag and catch the train. I wanted to come back after the mater was all right again. But I couldn’t very well, could I?
JANET
Why not?