“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.