The Challengers (2016)
The Challengers
“She hurried to a nearby drugstore where she knew there was a telephone booth, her mouth set firmly, her smooth brow knit in anxiety. She had with her enough of her precious ten-dollar bill to pay for several long-distance telephone calls if necessary, and also Melissa's two telegrams.
She did not try for the president or the dean of the college in that distant town to which Melissa had gone. She knew it was too early in the morning to get either gentleman. She went straight for the hospital... authorities and after much delay was informed about her brother being in a nearby village hospital. A little more insistence and she was connected with the right hospital at last. She asked if they knew where her sister Miss Challenger was, and could she speak with her, and after more delay there came word that Miss Challenger left for home yesterday about half past ten in the morning.
Fear clutched at Phyllis's throat. Half past ten in the morning! That ought to have brought her home by dark at the most.MoreLess
She did not try for the president or the dean of the college in that distant town to which Melissa had gone. She knew it was too early in the morning to get either gentleman. She went straight for the hospital... authorities and after much delay was informed about her brother being in a nearby village hospital. A little more insistence and she was connected with the right hospital at last. She asked if they knew where her sister Miss Challenger was, and could she speak with her, and after more delay there came word that Miss Challenger left for home yesterday about half past ten in the morning.
Fear clutched at Phyllis's throat. Half past ten in the morning! That ought to have brought her home by dark at the most.MoreLess
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