Aldous turned toward them as they entered the room.

With the note still in his hand he repeated to them what he had told Blackton--that he had received word which made it immediately urgent for him to go to MacDonald.

He shook hands with the Blacktons, promising to be on hand for the four o'clock breakfast.
Joanne followed him to the door and out upon the veranda.

For a moment they were alone, and now her eyes were wide and filled with fear as he clasped her hands closely in his own.
"I saw him," she whispered, her fingers tightening convulsively.

"I saw that man--Quade--at the station.