“Well, I won’t,” he consented. “Can I be of any use here to-night?”
“No, we shall need nothing more. The doctor will be here again in the morning.”
“Libby did not come in the morning till after the doctor had gone, and then he explained that he had waited to hear in reply to his telegram, so that they might tell Mrs. Maynard her husband had started; and he had only just now heard.
“And has he started?” Grace asked.
“I heard from his partner. Maynard was at the ranch. His partner had gone for him.”
“Then he will soon be here,” she said.
“He will, if telegraphing can bring him. I sat up half the night with the operator. She was very obliging when she understood the case.”
“She?” reputed Grace, with a slight frown.
“The operators are nearly all women in the country.”
“Oh!” She looked grave. “Can they trust young girls with such important duties?”