“I wish you and Stein wouldn't stand out there in the hall whispering about me as if I were an idiot patient. What were you saying?”
“Nothing, Ted. Really.”
He brooded a moment. Then his face lighted up with a flash of intuition. He flung an accusing finger at Fanny.
“He has seen her.”
“Ted! You promised.”
“She's in trouble. This war. And she hasn't any money. I know. Look here. We've got to send her money. Cable it.”
“I will. Just leave it all to me.”
“If she's here, in this country, and you're lying to me——”
“She isn't. My word of honor, Ted.”
He relaxed.