'
'Then, I can do no more just now?'
'Yes, you can. You will have to write a cheque for the twenty-five
thousand pounds. You see, this cheque is crossed, and will go into
your banking account. An other cheque will have to be drawn to get the
money out.'
'Ah, I see. I have not my cheque-book here, but perhaps you can send this
cheque to the bank, and I will return. There will be time enough, I
suppose, before the closing hour of the bank?'
'Yes, there will be plenty of time. Of course, the sooner we get the
money away the better.'
'I shall return shortly after lunch. Perhaps you will then have heard
from Mr. Kenyon. If anything comes sooner, will you send me a telegram?
Here is my address.'
'I will do that,' said Wentworth, as he bade her good-bye.
As soon as lunch was over, Miss Longworth, with her cheque-book, again
visited Wentworth's office. When she entered he shook his head.
'No news yet,' he said.
'This is terrible,' she answered; 'suppose he has left Ottawa and started
for home?'
'I do not think he would do that. Still, I imagine he would think there
was no reason for staying in Ottawa. Nevertheless, I know Kenyon well
enough to believe that he will wait there till the last minute of the
option has expired, in the hope that something may happen. He knows, of
course, that I shall be doing everything I can in London, and he may have
a faint expectation that I shall be able to accomplish something.
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