"He goes to-morrow."
"Ah!" said Foster, as if he thought this important. "I should have
arrived yesterday if your message had come earlier. I got it just
after the train started in the morning."
Mrs. Stephen looked at her daughter, but Lucy offered no explanation.
Foster's abruptness disturbed her. He obviously wanted to understand
the situation, but seemed to think he had no time to lose.
"I sent the telegram half an hour before the office closed and as the
agent goes early you ought to have got it in the evening," she said.
"Then it must have been kept back. Where's Lawrence now?"
"He went to his room with Walters about ten minutes since."