"Where's Mr.Gilling ?" She was the first to notice this striking absence.
"By George!" Mr.Schofield exclaimed.

"Where IS old Joe ?" Margaret intervened.

"You mean that tall, pale man who was calling ?" she asked.
"Pale, no!" said her father.

"He's as flushed as--" "He was pale when _I_ saw him," Margaret said.

"He had his hat and coat, and he was trying to get out of the front door when I came running downstairs.