"Yes, she knows."
"Well?" demanded Gordon brusquely.
Peter looked at him in questioning surprise. "Well, what?" He caught the meaning of his friend. "Try not to be an ass, Gordon. Of course she knows the charge is ridiculous."
The chip dropped from the young man's shoulder. "Good old Diane. I might have known," he said with a new cheerfulness.
"I think you might have," agreed Peter dryly. "By the way, have you had any breakfast?"
"No. I'm hungry, come to think of it."
"I'll have something sent in from the hotel."
"How's Macdonald?"
"He's alive—and while there's life there is hope."