"That girl over yonder wrote Jim a letter--" "I know," said Bibbs.

"She told me." "Well, I thought you needn't feel so much upset about it--" The door closed on his voice as he withdrew, but the conclusion of the sentence was nevertheless audible--"if you knew she wouldn't have Jim, either." And he stamped his way down-stairs to tell his wife to quit her frettin' and not bother him with any more fool's errands.

She was about to inquire what Bibbs "said," but after a second thought she decided not to speak at all.

She merely murmured a wordless assent, and verbal communication was given over between them for the rest of that afternoon.
Bibbs and his father were gone when Mrs.Sheridan woke, the next morning, and she had a dreary day.

She missed Edith woefully, and she worried about what might be taking place in the Sheridan Building.