But once on the sidewalk he paused for thought. McIntyre
must have picked up the white envelope, there was no other feasible
explanation of its disappearance. But what had attracted his
attention to the envelope - the red seal with the big letter " B"
was its only identifying mark. If Helen had only told him the
contents of the envelope!
Kent struck his clenched fist in his left hand in wrath; something
must be done, he could not stand there all night. Although it was
through no fault of his own that he had lost the envelope
entrusted to his care, he was still responsible to Helen for its
disappearance. She must be told that it was gone, however
unpleasant the task.
Kent walked hastily along Pennsylvania Avenue until he came to a
drug store still open, and entered the telephone booth. He had
recollected that the twins had a branch telephone in their sitting
room; he would have to chance their being awake at that hour.
Barbara McIntyre turned on her pillow and rubbed her sleepy eyes;
surely she had been mistaken in thinking she heard the telephone
bell ringing.
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