The Girl in the Cellar
“‘I’d like to speak to Anne.’ There was a curious effect. He couldn’t make out what it was. The nearest he got to it was dismay. It was Lilian who had answered. First she didn’t say anything at all, then she said, ‘Anne—’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Well—’ ‘I want to speak to her.’ Lilian didn’t know what to do. She temporised.
‘I don’t know that you can.’ ‘Why?’ ‘She—she isn’t here.’ ‘You mean she’s out?’ ‘Well—’ ‘Lilian, do you mind telling me what you mean?’ There was a pause. She was greatly tempted to hang up. She could pretend they had been cut off. Her mind, twisting this way and that, boggled at a decision.
‘Jim—something has happened.’ It was a relief to tell him. He would have to be told. Much better to tell the truth—really— ‘What has happened?’ ‘She—she’s gone.’ ‘Lilian, what do you mean?’ ‘She—she’s gone. I couldn’t stop her. I didn’t know she was going.’ ‘Do you mean that Anne has gone?’ Lilian’s voice became more and more agitated.
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