"
The sharp imperative ring of the telephone bell cut the silence
which followed. Kent, standing nearest the instrument, picked it
up, and recognized Sylvester's voice over the wire.
"A message has just come, Mr. Kent," he called, "from Mrs. Brewster
saying that she will be in your office at four o'clock."
CHAPTER XIX
THE RED SEAL AGAIN
Harry Kent inserted his key in his office door with more vigor than
good judgment, and spent some seconds in re-adjusting it in the
lock. Once inside the office he put up the latch and closed the
door. A glance around the empty office showed him that Sylvester
had obeyed his telephone instructions and gone out to luncheon.
Kent noted with satisfaction as he put his hat and cane in the coat
closet that he had over two hours before Mrs. Brewster's expected
arrival; ample time in which to consider in quietude the events of
the past few days, and plan for his interview with the pretty widow.
He had spent the time between Rochester's sudden reappearance and a
hastily swallowed lunch at a downtown caf , in arranging bail for
Rochester.
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