As he got into the taxi, he told the man to drive to the West Strand telegraph office.
"We must send word to your father," he said, when he was seated by her, "and let them know you are safe."
He saw her face grow still whiter in the shadows of the cab.
"Why? They don't care a straw about me, any of them. Why am I obliged to tell them what I am doing?"
"Think how anxious they will be when they find you are not in the house, after the picture question especially! They might think you had drowned yourself, or anything."
"They would not much care if I had! But they will probably think I am with you."
"Well, I wish them to know it," returned Everest, so decidedly that Regina felt silenced.
When they reached the telegraph office he got out, leaving her in the cab, and sent the wire to John Marlow:
"Regina is with me and quite safe.—Everest."
He reflected for a moment with it in his hand.