CHAPTER 15It was a little later on in the morning that Maggie Bell was tantalized by a brief conversation between that Miss Silver and Mr. Frank. First there was the signal which meant a call for Tomlin’s Farm, and a policeman’s voice saying “Hullo!” Must have been someone from Lenton, because it wasn’t Joe Turnberry. As likely as not Joe was arrested by now. Maggie quivered with anticipation as she heard a slight cough, and then a woman’s voice asking for Sergeant Abbott.
“Miss Silver speaking. Will you be so kind as to ask him to come to the telephone? I have something of importance to say.”
But when Mr. Frank had been fetched, Maggie got no more out of it than that Miss Silver would be glad to see him with as little delay as possible.
“What is it?”
“I think, my dear Frank, that I wi
