human
I'll see that the inquiries are sent on to Geneva to-night. But you mustn't be disappointed if you get no news for a while. Sometimes news is a very long time coming through, especially if the prisoner was wounded, and is still in hospital. The stranger added, with real sympathy in her voice,
gpt
I'm afraid you're very anxious, Mrs. Otway. I suppose Major Guthrie is your brother?
human
No, he's not my brother. Major Guthrie and I are engaged to be married.
gpt
You must try and keep up courage, she exclaimed.
human
And remember one thing--if Major Guthrie was really severely wounded, he's probably being very well looked after. She waited a moment, and then went on,
gpt
In any case, you haven't the anguish of knowing that he's in perpetual danger; my boy is out there, so I know what it feels like to realize that.
human
I wonder, said Mrs. Otway,
gpt
She opened her bag.
human
I brought a five-pound note----
gpt
Oh, no. You needn't pay anything, she said.
human
We're always quite willing to telegraph if there's any good reason for doing so. But you know it's very important that the name should be correctly spelt, and the particulars rightly transmitted. That's why it's really better to write. But of course I'll ask them to telegraph to you at once if they get any news here on a day or at a time I happen to be away.