Lauriston, and he's never been in again--not even
to put his nose inside the door. And at twelve o'clock there come a
telegram for him--which it was the second that come this morning. The
first, of course, he got before he went out; the one that come at noon's
awaiting him. No--I ain't seen him all day!"
Zillah's quick wits were instantly at work as soon as she heard of the
telegram.
"Oh, I know all about that wire, Mrs. Flitwick!" she exclaimed. "It's as
much for me as for my cousin. Give it to me--and if Mr. Rubinstein comes
in soon--or when he comes--tell him I've got it, and ask him to come round
to me immediately--it's important."
Mrs. Flitwick produced the telegram at once, and Zillah, repeating her
commands about Melky, hurried away with it. But at the first street lamp
she paused, and tore open the envelope, and pulled out the message. As she
supposed, it was from Lauriston, and had been handed in at Peebles at
eleven o'clock that morning.
"Got necessary information returning at once meet me at King's Cross at
nine-twenty this evening. L."
Zillah looked at her watch. It was then ten minutes to nine.
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