“Anna.”

“Where is Mary now?”

“In her room.”

“She’ll come down to the committee meeting, I suppose?”

“I asked her and she replied that of course she would come.”

“Has she been out today, Lucy?”

“Nearly all day.”

“Calls, I suppose.”

“No, she’s been attending the hearings of the vice commission.”

“In God’s name, why?” Mr. Randall was really disturbed.