Then he caught himself and said hastily, "I don't care what she thinks. It's none of her—-"
He cut the words short, as if fearing to be misinterpreted either way.
For several squares he plodded along silently, then, as we had accomplished the object of the evening, excused himself, with the request that we keep him fully informed of every incident in the case.
"Warrington doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve," commented
Garrick as we bent our steps to our own, or rather his, apartment,
"but it is evident enough that he is thinking all the time of
Violet Winslow."
Early the next morning, the telephone bell began to ring violently. The message must have been short, for I could not gather from Garrick's reply what it was about, although I could tell by the startled look on his face that something unexpected had happened.
"Hurry and finish dressing, Tom," he called, as he hung up the receiver.
"What's the matter?" I asked, from my room, still struggling with my tie.
"Warrington was severely injured in a motor-car accident late last night, or rather early this morning, near Tuxedo."
"Near Tuxedo?" I repeated incredulously. "How could he have got up there? It was midnight when we left him in New York."
"I know it. Apparently he must have wanted to see Miss Winslow. She is up there, you know. I suppose that in order to be there this morning, early, he decided to start after he left us. I thought he seemed anxious to get away. Besides, you remember he took that letter yesterday afternoon, and I totally forgot to ask him for it last night. I'll wager it was on account of that sla
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