16/29 They were all glad when it was over. The two others were soon in hushed but earnest conversation. Fenwick was sitting with a book before him--lost in anxious and exciting calculations--when Phoebe entered the room. I wanted to talk to you.' 'I thought you did,' she said, with a very quiet, drooping air; then going to the window, which was open, she leaned out into the May night. |