"
"All quite well," said Adele, "but sorry you couldn't stay here with
us instead of going on."
"Sorry, too," said Farnsworth. "Where's Miss Fairfield?" and he
looked about inquiringly.
"Gone for a drive," replied Adele, and Farnsworth made no further
reference to Patty. But his call was short and soon he was again
starting his car.
"Which way did Miss Fairfield go?" he murmured in a low voice to
Kenerley, as his car moved off.
"East," said Jim, with a teasing smile at Farnsworth, and then Bill
was gone.
He swung out on to the broad highway and turned east. There were no
bypaths near and he had an intention of following and overtaking
Patty. He wanted to see her, and with Bill Farnsworth to want to do
anything was to do it.
Now it chanced that Patty had had a detention. Though an expert
driver, and a fairly good mechanician for her own car, she was not
entirely familiar with the car she was driving, and when it stopped
stock-still at the side of the road, she found herself unable to
discover the exact difficulty.
She was not overanxious, for it was a frequented road and she felt
sure some car would come along, in whose driver she might feel
sufficient confidence to ask help.
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