 Meanwhile, in the Sentinel office, which adjoins the house, Mary's father, Henry Foster, is just finishing a telephone conversation with his reporter, Amelia Cobb Parish. Well, now, you're sure you're right about that, Amelia? You are, eh? All right, I'm glad to know it. And I'm much obliged to you for calling me up to tell me. What's that? Mary? Why, matter of fact, I figure by this time, Mary's already prepared Ida for Jim Drew's visit. Yeah, she drove out there with Doc a while ago.