Then the swish of a skirt, the lifting of a latch, and Cara
came quickly into the room.
The tension of Ann's nerves relaxed, giving place to a spiritless
acceptance of the inevitable. There was no message from Brett, after all!
It was only Cara--Cara who had come to ask the success or failure of her
last night's interview with him. The irony of it!
Ann began to speak at once, anticipating the first question which she knew
the other would be sure to put. It would be better to get it over at once.
"I didn't go to the yacht," she said baldly. "Brett wired me not to come."
Cara nodded.
"I know. But I went," she answered quietly.
"You?" Ann stared at her. "You went--to the yacht!" she repeated in tones
of stupefaction.
"Yes. And I got what I wanted. These are the bills which Tony gave to
Brett--and there's a note for you, as well," she added with a fugitive
smile.
She slid the whole packet on to the table, and Ann picked up one of the
stamped oblong slips of paper and examined it with a curious sense of
detachment.
"'Bill or note.'" She read aloud the words which crowned and footed the
Government stamp. Then she laid the bill back on the top of the others.
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