More to come.

Love.
Ralph.
They pored over the telegram and the newspaper until the breakfast was cold.

The Admiral was like a boy again.
"If we can get rid of these curses of the sea," he said, settling down at last to his bacon and eggs, "and get those Germans to come out, the war will be over months before any one expected.

I shall go down to the Admiralty after breakfast and see if they've got anything to tell.

Ralph gave me a hint about the net scheme but he never even mentioned anything else." The telephone rang in the next room and a servant summoned Geraldine.
"Captain Granet wishes to speak to Miss Conyers," he announced.
Geraldine left her place at once and hastened into the library.