"
"Then say nothing, my dear Professor," said Yram with a frank smile.
"Above all," she added quietly and gravely, "say nothing to the Mayor,
nor to my son, till after Sunday. Even a whisper of some one coming over
from the other side disquiets them, and they have enough on hand for the
moment."
Panky, who had been growing more and more restive at his friend's
outspokenness, but who had encouraged it more than once by vainly trying
to check it, was relieved at hearing his hostess do for him what he could
not do for himself. As for Yram, she had got enough out of the Professor
to be now fully dissatisfied, and mentally informed them that they might
leave the witness-box. During the rest of dinner she let the subject of
their adventure severely alone.
It seemed to her as though dinner was never going to end; but in the
course of time it did so, and presently the ladies withdrew. As they
were entering the drawing-room a servant told her that her son had been
found more easily than was expected, and was now in his own room
dressing.
"Tell him," she said, "to stay there till I come, which I will do
directly."
She remained for a few minutes with her guests, and then, excusing
herself quietly to Mrs. Humdrum, she stepped out and hastened to her
son's room. She told him that Professors Hanky and Panky were staying in
the house, and that during dinner they had told her something he ought to
know, but which there was no time to tell him until her guests were gone.
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